| Epidendrum peperomia photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Bonplandia 2 : 20 1854 | |
| 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 | forests in Mexico (Chiapas), Nicaragua (Chontales, Estelì, Jinoteca, Metagalpa), CostaRica (Puntarena, Osa), Venezuela, Ecuador (Azuay), Bolivia (Santa Cruz) |
| altitude | 100 - 1640 m (330 - 5412 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Tuxla Gutierrez (Chiapas, Mexico) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Tuxla Gutierrez this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 1,5 cm (0.6"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 2.5 cm (1" L 1") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
