| Epidendrum paniculatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | descibed by | Ruiz, Lòpez Hipolito & Pavòn, Josè Antonio |
| published in | Systema Vegetabilium Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis 1 : 243 december 1798 | |
| 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 |
moist tropical forests in Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Chinquimula, Escuintla, Huehuetenango, |
| Peèn, Quichè, Sololà), Belize (Cajo), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Puntarenas), Panama, Suriname, Venezuela, | ||
| Colombia (Antioquia), Ecuador (Azuay, Cañar, Carchi, Loja, Pichincha, Sucumbios, forest of Ingepucara, | ||
| Huasipamba), Peru (Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cusco, Huanuco, Junin), Brazil (Goias, Paranà), | ||
| Argentina ( Misiones, Ledesma, Guaranì, Iguazù, Oràn) | ||
| altitude | 180 - 4000 m (549 - 13200 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Huehuetenango (Huehuetenango, Guatemala) |
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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 1700 m / 5600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Huehuetenango this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 01 m' to 10 h 59 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 25 - 35 cm (10" - 14"), apical |
| nr flowers | up to 100, fragrants - the initial flowering, followed by others secondary | |
| size | single flower 3.5 L 3.5 cm (1.4" L 1.4") - inflorescence 24 L 23 cm (9.6" L 9.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 - 70 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
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