| Hexisea bidentata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Journal of Botany 1 : 8 1834 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Hexisea Lindley 1834 | |
| 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 | forests in Mexico (Jalisco, El Rinchon), Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica (Alajuela, Guanacaste, |
| Heredia, Osa, Puntarenas, Sarapiquì), Panama (Sona, Montijo, Veraguas, Chiriquì), Guyana, | ||
| Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar), Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil (Roraima, Serra Tepequem, Alto Alegre) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1500 m (0 - 4950 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from Marabuna (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 750 m / 2475 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Marabuna 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 | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), apicale |
| nr flowers | 3 - 5 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") - inflorescence 3.5 L 3.5 cm (1.4" L 1.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 10 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
