| (Epidendrum ciliare Linnaeus) |
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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Linnaeus) Withner, Carl Leslie & Harding, Patricia |
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published in |
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives : the debatable Epidendrums 139 - 140 . t . 53 2004 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
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subtribe |
Laeliinae |
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genus |
Coilostylis Rafinesque 1834 |
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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 |
humid forests in the Caribbean (Puerto Rico, Saint Lucia), Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Chihuahua, Colima,
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Durango, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacàn, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Puebla, Chilpancingo, La Huerta, Pihuamo, |
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Sinaloa, Sonora, Tabasco, Vera Cruz, Ixtapa, Ocosingo, Palenque), Belize (Cayo), Guatemala (Chimaltenango, |
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Huehuetenango, Jalapa, Petèn, Santa Rosa, El Chol, Palin), Honduras, El Salvador (Ahuachapàn, Usulatàn), |
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Nicaragua (Jinotega, Madriz, Boaco, Chinandega, Matagalpa, Chontales, Estelì), Costa Rica (Guanacaste, |
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Tilaràn, Heredia, Sarapiqui, Puntarenas, Coto Brus), Panama (Chiriquì, Veraguas), Guyana, |
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Colombia (Antioquia, Barbosa), Ecuador (Morona-Santiago), Bolivia (La Paz, Nor Yungas), Brazil |
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altitude |
4 - 2000 m (13 - 6600 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Cantonement (Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia) |
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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 1000 m / 3300 t) : |
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photoperiod |
in Cantonement this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 54 m' to 11 h 06 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
length |
22 - 30 cm (8.8" - 12"), apical |
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nr flowers |
6 - 8, fragrants |
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size |
single flower 11 L 10 cm (4.4 L 4") - inflorescence 27 L 20 cm (11.2" L 8") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 45 - 60 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 - 130 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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