| Amblostoma cernua photo C.Solimbergo | ||
| (Epidendrum tridactylum) |
| taxonomy | described by | Scheidweiler, Michael Joseph Francois |
| published in | Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 6 : (48) : 383 december 1 1838 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| Genus | Amblostoma Scheidweiler 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 | origin | Mexico, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Bolivia |
| altitude | ≈ 900 m (2790 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Pampulha (Mato Grosso, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 930 m / 3070 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Pampulha this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 18 m' to 10 h 42 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 9 cm (3,6"), apical |
| nr flowers | 12 - 14 | |
| size | a flower 0.7 L 0.7 cm (0.28" L 0,28") - inflorescence 6 L 2.6 cm (2,4" L 1.04") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
