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| taxonomy |
decribed by |
(Kunth) Richard, Louis Claude Marie |
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published in |
Synopsis Plantarum 1 : 331 14 december 1822 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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subfamily |
Catasetinae |
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genus |
Catasetum Kunt 1822 |
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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 |
Caribbean, Guyana, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Bolivar, Guàrico, |
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Miranda, Zulia), Colombia, Ecuador (Los Rios), Brazil (Rio Tocatintins, Bahia, Una, Bahia de San |
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Salvador), Argentina (Jujuy) |
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altitude |
0 - 1200 m (0 - 3960 ft) |
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habitat |
habitat climate informations from Pueto Ayacucho (Amazonas, Venezuela) |
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Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Pueto Ayacucho this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 22 m' to 11 h 38 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
length |
20 cm (8"), basal |
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nr flowers |
3, fragrants |
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size |
single flower 4.5 L 3 cm (1.8" L 1.2") - inflorescence L cm |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 20 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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