| Epidendrum ibaguense forma orange |
photo C. Solimbergo |
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| taxonomy | described by | Kunth, Karl Sigismund |
| von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander | ||
| Bonpland, Aimè Jaques Alexandre | ||
| published in | Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto editio) 1 : 352 1816 | |
| forma orange | color variety | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Epidendrum Linnaeus 1763 | |
| 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 |
USA (California S. Diego), Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Veracruz), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Huehuetenango, |
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Petèn, Quetzaltenango), Costa Rica (Cartago, Aleyuela), Guyana (Essequibo, Mt. Attarypon), Antigua, |
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| Barbuda, Venezuela (Amazonas, Zulio, Bolivar, Lara,Tàchira), Colombia (Antioquia, Valle del Cauca, | ||
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Ibaguè (from which it takes its name this specie of orchid), Darien), Ecuador (Pichincha), |
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Peru (Cajamarca, Cusco, Huanuco), Bolivia (La Paz), Brazuil (Bahia) |
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| altitude | 20 - 3200 m (66 - 10560 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Alajuela (Alajuela, Costa Rica) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1600 m / 5280 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Alajuela this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brigthness | full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | cm, apical |
| nr flowers | 54 - 60 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 120 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
