| Nageliella purpurea | photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Hartweggia purpurea) |
| taxonomy | desribed by | (Lindley) Williams, Louis Otho |
| published in | Botanical Museum Leaflets 8 ( 7 ) : 144 - 145 5 giugno 1940 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Nageliella L.O. Williams 1940 | |
| 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 in Messico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Copàn, Amatenango, Cintalapa, Jitotol, Ocosingo, |
| Puebla, Tenejapa, Totolapa), Guatemala (Baia Verapaz, Huehuetenengo, Quichè, Zacapa, | ||
| Chimaltenango, Chiquimula), El Salvador, Nicaragua, Honduras (Copàn), Bolivia (Oruro) | ||
| altitude | 500 – 2100 m (1650 - 6930 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Oaxaca (Oaxaca, Mexico) |
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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 1300 m / 4300 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Oaxaca this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 60 cm (24") apical |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | single flower 1 L 0,6 cm (0.4" L 0.24") - inflorescence cm ( ) | |
| duration | single flower ~ - inflorescence ~ | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 70 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
