| Govenia utriculata photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 25 : misc. 46 ( 47 ) 1839 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Calypsoinae | |
| genus | Govenia Lindley & Loddiges 1832 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | limestone forests of Carabbean, Mexico, El Salvador, Guatemala (Sacatepèquez, Huehuetenango), Honduras, |
| Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela (Aragua, Barinas, Lara, Merida, Tàchira, Rancho Grande), Colombia, | ||
| Ecuador (Galapagos, Pichincha, Ibarra), Peru, Bolivia (Cochabamba, Ayopaya ), Brazil (Paranà, Rio Branco | ||
| do Sul Curiola, Mts. Organ), Argentina (Jujuy, Salta, Anta, Tucuman, Tapì) | ||
| altitude | 780 - 2800 m (2574 - 9200 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 1800 m / 5940 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Huehuetenango this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 00 m' to 11 h 00 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | sunny to partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 26 - 33 cm (10.4" - 13.2"), apical |
| nr fiori | 16 - 18, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2 L 1.3 cm (0.8" L 0.52") - inflorescence 10 L 4 cm (4" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
