| Lepanthes gargoyla photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Luer, Carlyle August & Hirtz, Alexander C. |
| published in | Die Orchidee 39 (2) : 59 . 1988 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| Genus | Lepanthes Swartz 1799 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (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 | origin | cloud forests in Ecuador (Bolivar, Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe) |
| altitude | 900 - 1300 m (3000 - 4300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Macas (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador) | |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Macas this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 4 cm (1.6") from the base of the leafe |
| flores | 10 - 12, they open in sequence | |
| size | single flower 0,8 L 0,8 cm (0.32 L 0.32") | |
| duration | single flower | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix |
