| Embreea rodigasiana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Claessens ex Cogniaux) Dodson, Calaway Homer |
| published in | Phytologia 46 ( 6 ) : 389 1980 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
| genus | Embreea Dodson 1980 | |
| 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 | humid cloud forests of Colombia (Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, El Choco), Ecuador (El Oro, |
| Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe) | ||
| altitude | 600 - 1500 m (1980 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Tulua (Valle del Cauca, Colombia) |
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| 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 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Tulua this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 16 m' to 11 h 44 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 15 cm (6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, pendulous | |
| size | single flower 16 L 16 cm (6.4" L 6.4") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 4 - 5 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
