| Comparettia speciosa photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardener's Chronicle, new serie 2 : 524 1878 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Onciidinae | |
| genus |
Comparettia Poepping & Endlicher 1836 |
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| 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 |
humid and misty forests in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru |
| altitude | 800 - 2000 m (2640 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Macas (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1400 m / 4620 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Macas this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
