| Encyclia adenocaula photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (La Llave ex Lexarza) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Beihefte zun Botanischen Centralblatt 36 ( 2 ) : 470 1918 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Encyclia Hooker 1828 | |
| 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 | forests in Mexico (Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Michoacan, Guerrero, Arcelia, Talpa, Ayutla) |
| altitude | 1200 - 2100 m (3960 - 6930 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Oaxaca, (Oaxaca, Mexico) |
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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 1600 m / 5300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Oaxaca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 60 - 70 cm (24" - 28"), apical |
| nr flowers | 8 - 12 | |
| size | single flower 9 L 7 cm (3.6" L 2.8") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 75 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
