| Leochilus scriptus photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Sneidweiler) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Xenia Orchidacea 1 ( 1 ) : 15, t . 6 1854 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Maxillarieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Leochilus Knowles & Westcott 1838 | |
| 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 of Caribbean (Cuba, Dominica R.), Mexico (Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Oaxaca, Campeche), Nicaragua |
| (Atlantico Norte, Granada, Jinoteca, Matagalpa, Boaco, Zelaya), Honduras (Yoro, Comayagua, Siguatepeque), | ||
| Guatemala (Izabal, Retalhuleu), El Salvador (San Salvador, La Libertad), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Limòn), | ||
| Panama (Canal Area, Veraguas, Arrayan, Chiman, Cerro Ancon), Colombia (Antioquia, Valdivia), | ||
| Venezuela (Crescentia), Ecuador (Chimborazo, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Los Rios, Manabì, Pichincha) | ||
| altitude | 100 - 700 m (330 - 2310 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Cozumel (Yucatan, Quintana Roo, Mexico) |
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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 400 m / 1320 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Cozumel this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 21 m', to 10 h 39 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 24 - 26 cm (9.6" - 10.4"), basal, branching |
| nr flowers | 22 - 29, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 1.3 cm (0.6" L 0.52") - inflorescence 16 L 6 cm (6.4" L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 150 - 160 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
