not yet in bloom
| Eriopsis biloba |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 33 : pl. 9, 18 feb. 1847 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Eriopsidinae | |
| genus | Eriopsis Lindley 1847 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 40 | |
| 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 | rainforests of Belize (Toledo, Cajo), Honduras (Brus Laguna), Guatemala, Costa Rica (Cartago, Turrialba), |
| Panama (Chiriquì, Coclè, Panamà), Colombia (Antioquia, Hurrao), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar), | ||
| Ecuador (Cartago, Morona-Satiago, Pastaza), Peru (Amazonas, Bongarà, Cajamarca), Bolivia (La Paz), Brazil |
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| altitude | 0 - 2200 m (0 - 7260 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Puyo (Pastaza, Ecuador) |
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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 1100 m / 3630 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Puyo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
