not yet in bloom
| Lycaste aromatica |
| taxonomy | described by | (Graham ex Hooker) Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 29 : misc. 16 1843 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Lycaste Lindley 1842 | |
| metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of | origins | forests, with lichens on branches, in Carabbean, Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Potosì, Veracruz, |
| Orizaba, Naranjal, Huatusco, Coetzala, Mendoza), Belize (Toledo), Honduras (El Paraiso, Morocelì), | ||
| Nicaragua (Granada, Jinoteca, Matagalpa, Rivas, Zelaye, Nueva Segovia), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, | ||
| Izabal) | ||
| altitude | 60 - 1882 m (200 - 6210 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Coatepec (Veracruz, Mexico) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Coatepec this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 17 m', to 10 h 43 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte, litophyte, on limestone cliffs | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | |
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| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
