| Epidendrum radicans photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Pavòn, Josè Antonio |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 104 jul 1831 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Epidendrum Linneaus 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 | open areas between the grass, forests, in Mexico (Tanetze, Comaltepeque), El Salvador (La Libertad), |
| Guatemala (Baja Verapaz, Huehuetenango, Nenton), Honduras (Atlantida, Colon, Comayagua, Cortes, | ||
| El Paraiso), Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Tilaram, Heredia, Puntarenas, Cartago, Alajuela, Upala, | ||
| El Guarco, Paraiso), Panama, Colombia (Antioquia, Urrao, Heliconia, Valle del Cauca, La Cumbre), Venezuela | ||
| altitude | 50 - 2300 m (165 - 7590 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Cali (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 Cali this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 13 m' to 11 h 47 m' | |
| life form | litophyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 46 - 50 cm (18.4" - 20"), apical |
| nr flowers | 48 - 60 | |
| size | single flower 3.5 L 4 cm (1.4" L 1.6") - inflorescence 8 L 10 cm (3.2" L 4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 100 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 180 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
