| Arpophyllum spicatum photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | de La Llave, Pablo & de Lexarza, Juan Josè Martinez |
| published in | Novarum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2 (orch. opusc.) : 20 1825 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| Genus | Arpophyllum La Llave & Lexarza 1825 | |
| 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 |
open forests in Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Guerrero, Hidalgo, Temascaltepec), Belize (Toledo), |
| Guatemala (Sacatepèquez, Suchitepèquez), Honduras, Costa Rica | ||
| altitude | 1800 - 2575 m (5940 - 8500 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Huajuapan de Leon (Oaxaca, Mexico) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2000 m / 6600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Huajuapan de Leon this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 10 m' to 10 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte |
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| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 20 - 22 cm (8" - 8.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 60 - 70 | |
| size | single flower 0.5 L 0.5 cm (0.2" L 0.2") - depth 1 cm (0.4") - inflorescence 12 L 4 cm (4.8" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
