| Dryadella zebrina photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Porsch) Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Selbiana 2 : 209 1978 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Dryadella Leur 1978 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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| (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 | moist forests, often with fog and dry season in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Petropolis), |
| Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (La Paz, Inquìsivì) | ||
| altitude | 600 - 1400 m (1980 - 4620 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Petròpolis (Organ Range, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Petròpolis this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 2,5 cm (1"), from the base of the leaf |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 0,6 L 0.5 cm (0.24" L 0.2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
