| Oerstedella centradenia | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Epidendrum centropetaum) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10 ( 53 ) : 932 31 dec. 1852 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Oerstedella Reichenbach f. 1852 | |
| 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 | humid forests of Nicaragua (Boaco, Estelì, Matagalpa), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Upala, Cartago, |
| Guanacaste, Puntarenas), Panama (Chiriquì) | ||
| altitude | 700 - 1575 m (2310 - 5197 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Alajuela (Alajuela, Costa Rica) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1150 m / 3800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Alajuela this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 12 cm (3.2" - 4.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 16 - 24 | |
| size | single flower 2.5 L 1.8 cm (1" L 0.72") - inflorescence 4 L 6 cm (1.6" L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
