Chondrorhyncha bicolor

Chondrorhyncha bicolor 

Chondrorhyncha  bicolor                                                                                                                                               photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by Rolfe, Robert Allen
  published in      Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1894 ( 95 ) : 1894
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Zygopetalinae
  genus Chondrorhyncha  Lindley 1846
     
  metabolism C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day.
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013)
    soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots.
     
native of origins humid foerests in Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago), Panama (Chiriquì), Ecuador (Tungurahua)
    now extinct in the wild
  altitude 1000 - 1300 m (3300 - 4290 ft)        
  habitat climate informations from Boquete (Chiriquì, Panama)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1200 m / 3960 ft) :
    Chondrorhyncha bicolor a gr uk
  photoperiod in Boquete this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 34 m' to 11 h 26 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   low
     
inflorescence    length 6 cm  (2.4"), basal
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower  4 L 4 cm  (1.6" L 1.6")
  duration single flower, ≈ 10 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days   
     
CITES appendix II

 

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