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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Linnaeus) Lindley, John |
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published in |
Botanical Register 10 : t . 832 1st october 1824 |
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Family |
Orchidaceae |
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Subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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Tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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Subtribe |
Oncidiinae |
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Genus |
Brassia R.Brown 1813 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
tropical moist forests of Caribbean (Jamaica, Cuba, Dominica, La Vega), Guyana, Suriname, |
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Mexico (Champeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Veracruz, Ocosingo), Belize (Cayo, Toledo), |
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Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Petèn), Honduras (Colòn, Comayagua, Taulabè), El Salvador, Nicaragua (Atlàntico, |
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Nueva Segovia), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Limòn, Puntarenas, Osa), Panama (Canal Area, Chiriquì, Dartèn, |
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Panamà, Veraguas, Colòn, Donoso, Los Santos, Tonosi), Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Napo, Orellana), |
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Peru (Loreto, San Martin, Manu, Tambopata), Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Ichilo), Brazil (Amazonas, Acre) |
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altitude |
0 - 850 m ( 0 - 2800 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Puerto Limon (Limòn, Costa Rica) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 450 m / 1485 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Puerto Limon this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
20 - 37 cm (8" - 14.8"), basal |
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nr flowers |
8 - 11, fragrant |
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size |
single flower 15 L 3 cm (6" L 1.2") - inflorescence 23 L 14 cm (9.2" L 5.6") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 20 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 45 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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