| Laelia anceps var. lineata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 21 : t . 1751 1836 ( 1835 ) | |
| var. lineata ? | described by | O' Brien, James |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle ser. 3 13 ( 2 ) : 734 1895 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Laelia Lindley 1831 | |
| chromosomes | 30 (Tropicos / IPCN) | |
| 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, in Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Nuevo Leòn, Puebla, Queretaro, |
| Tamaulipes, Veracruz, Guatemala, Honduras | ||
| altitude | 1200 - 1600 (1800) m (3960 - 5280 (5940) ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from : Puebla (Puebla, Mexico) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cwb (humid subtropical climate, with dry winter and hot summers) | ||
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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 Puebla this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 16 m', to 10 h 44 m' |
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| life form | epiphyte, occasionally litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 70 - 90 cm (28" - 36"), apical |
| nr flowers | 3 - 5, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 11 L 11 cm (4.4" L 4.4") - inflorescence 25 L 18 cm (10" L 7.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 - 50 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 150 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
