| Elleanthus furfuraceus photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Annales Botanices Systematicae 6 : 480 1862 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Sobralieae | |
| subtribe | Sobraliinae | |
| genus | Elleanthus Presl 1827 | |
| 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) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | wind swept forests of Guiana, Venezuela (Aragua, Lara, Merida, Sucrè, Tàchira), |
| Colombia, Ecuador (Ibarra, Carchi), Peru (Junin, Huanuco), Brazil | ||
| altitude | 650 - 2800 m (2145 - 9240 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Merida (Merida,Venezuela) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1700 m / 5600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Merida this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 9 - 10 cm (3.6" - 4"), apical |
| nr flowers | 42 - 54 | |
| size | single flower 0.5 L 0.5 cm (0.2" L 0.2") - inflorescence 12 L 4 cm (4.8" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 - 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
