no longer in collection
| Neolauchea pulchella | photo Z | |
| Neolauchea pulchella, transfered to the genus Isabelia from Senghas , as Isabelia pulchella | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Kraenzlin, Fedrich Wilhelm Ludwig |
| published in | Bulletin de l' Heirbier Boissier 5 : 110 1897 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Neolauchea Kraenziln 1897 | |
| 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 | cool, damp mountains of Brazil (Parana, Santa Catarina, Rio Grande do Sul ) |
| altitude | 500 - 1000 m (1650 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Porto União (Santa Catarina, Brazil) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2500 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Porto União this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 45 m' to 10 h 15 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 2 cm (0.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 14 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
