Schomburgkia gloriosa

Schomburgkia gloriosa

Scomburgkia gloriosa                                                                                                                                                     photo C. Solimbergo
(Laelia gloriosa
     
taxonomy     desribed by    Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in Hamburger Garten-und Blumenzeitung 16 : 178   1860
     
  family             Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Epidendreae
  subtribe Laeliinae
  genus Schomburkia Lindley 1838
     
  metabolism CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night.
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013
    it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots.
     
native of origins Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Sucumbios,
    Zamora-Chinchipe), Brazil
  altitude 200 - 850 m (660 - 2800 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Valencia (Carabobo, Venezuela)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest 
    (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) :
    Schomburgkia gloriosa b gr uk
  photoperiod in Valencia this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness partial shade
     
inflorescence      length 65 – 75 cm (200" - 235"), apical
  nr flowers 12 - 14
  habitat warm
  size single flower 4 L 4cm (1.6" L 1.6") - inflorescence 20 L 12 cm (8" L 4.8")
  duration inflorescence ~
  time to bloom from birth, ~ 120 days
     
CITES appendix II


 

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