| Lockhartia lunifera photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10 : 767 1852 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Maxillarieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Lockhartia Hooker 1827 | |
| 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 Brazil (Bahia, Paranà, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Santa Catarina, |
| Rio Grande do Sul), Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Chapare) | ||
| altitude | ≈ 1800 m (5940 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Cochabamba (Cochabamba, Bolivia) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1800 m / 5940 ft) : |
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| photoperiod |
in Cochabamba this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m', to 10 h 52 m' |
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| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1,5 - 2 cm (0.6" - 0.8"), from the upper nodes |
| nr flowers | 2 - 4 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 0.9 cm (0.4" L 0.36") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
