| Laelia tenebrosa photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | (Rolfe) Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Orchid Review 1 ( 5 ) : 146 1893 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Laelia Lindley 1831 | |
| 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 | dense forests of Brazil, on high branches of tall trees, in a limited area of Espirito Santo (Serra de Onca) |
| now near extincion in its native habitat | ||
| altitude | ≈ 200 m (660 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Boa Esperança (Espiritu Santo, Brazil) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate |
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(with a long dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 200 m / 660 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Boa Esperança this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 13 m', to 10 h 47 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | |
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| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
