not yet bloomed
| Acineta superba |
| taxonomy | described by | (Kunth) Reichenbach, Henrich Gustav |
| published in | Annales Botanices Systematicae (Walpers) 6 (4) : 609 jan-jul 1863 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
| Genus | Acineta Lindley 1843 | |
| metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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| (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 | origin | humid forests of Panama, Suriname, Venezuela (Aragua, Falcòn, Mèrida, Tàchira), Colombia, |
| Ecuador (El Oro, Morona-Santiago) | ||
| altitude | 800 - 1300 m (2640 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cali (Valle del Cauca, Colombia) | |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cali this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 16 m' to 11 h 44 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
