| Lanium avicula photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Bentham, George |
| published in | Icones Plantarum 14 : 25, t . 1335 1881 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Lanium (Lindley) Bentham 1881 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 38 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. it is useful give the nutriens on the roots. | |
| (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 of Brazil (Serra de Prata, Santa Catarina, Novo Horizonte, Lauro Müller, Paranà, Morretes, |
| Rio de Janeiro (Organ Mts.), Peru (Amazonas, Junin, Tarapoto) | ||
| altitude | 400 - 1500 m (1320 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Tarapoto (San Martin, Peru) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft)) : |
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| photoperiod | in Tarapoto this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 25 m', to 11 h 35 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 13 cm (3.2" - 5.2"), apical |
| nr flowers | 16 - 22 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 1 cm (0.4" L 0.4") - inflorescence 8 L 3 cm ( 3.2" L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 - 35 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
