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Isabelia virginalis |
photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Barbosa Rodriguez , João |
| published in | Genera et Species Orchidearum Novarum 1877 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laellinae | |
| genus | Isabelia Barbosa Rodriguez 1854 | |
| 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 | fresh misty forests, among debrits in the crevices of trees, or on sandstone rocks, in Brazil |
| (São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Paranà Capão Grande, Minas Gerais), Argentina | ||
| altitude | 690 m (2277 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Ivaì (Paranà, Brazil) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 700 m / 2310 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ivaì this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 40 m' to 10 h 20 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 0,5 cm (0.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1 cm (0.4" L 0.4") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 5 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
