not yet in bloom
| Lacaena spectabilis |
| taxonomy | described by | (Klotzsch) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Bonplandia 2 ( 7 ) : 92 1st april 1854 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Maxillarieae | |
| subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
| genus | Lacaena Lindley 1843 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (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, on steep embankments, dikes or fallen trees, in Mexico, El Salvador (San Miguel), |
| Nicaragua (Jinoteca), Honduras, Costa Rica, Panama (Chiriquì) | ||
| altitude | 1200 - 1650 m (3960 - 5445 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from : Jinotega (Jinotega, Nicaragua) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate with a long dry season and a rainy season |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1400 m / 4620 ft) : |
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| photoperiod |
in Jinotega this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 52 m', to 11h 8 m' |
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| life form | epiphyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | |
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| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
