| Epidendrum schlechterianum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Ames, Oakes |
| published in | Schedulae Orchidianae 7 : 9 - 10, f . 1 27 mar. 1924 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Epidendrum Linnaeus 1763 | |
| metabolismo |
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 | on trees or rocks, in moist or rainforests of the Carabbean, Mexico, Guatemala (Petèn), |
| Honduras (Comayagua), CostaRica (Heredia), Panama (Canal area), Guyana, Suriname, | ||
| Ecuador (Pastaza), Peru (Amazonas, Bagua) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 400 m (0 - 1320 ft ) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Mabaruma (Barima-Waini, Guyana) |
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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 200 m / 660 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mabaruma this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 32 m' to 11 h 28 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 0,5 cm (0.2"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 2.8 L 1.6 cm (1.1" L 0.64") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
