| Heterotaxis valenzuelana photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Maxillaria valenzuelana) |
| taxonomy | described by | Ojeda, Isidro & Carnevali, German |
| published in | Novon 15 ( 4 ) : 581 12 dicembre 2005 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Heterotaxis Lindley 1826 | |
| 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 | humid cloud forests in the Carabbean (Cuba), Nicaragua (Zelaya), Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, |
| Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Napo), Brazil | ||
| altitude | 180 - 1600 m (594 - 5280 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from Canaan (Sangre Grande, Trinidad & Tobago) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Canaan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 44 m' to 11 h 16 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brigthness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3 cm (0.8" L 1.2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 6 - 8 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
