| Ornithidium coccineum | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Maxillaria coccinea) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (R. Brown ex Jacques) Salisbury, Richard Antony |
| published in | Hortus Kewensis 5 : 20 November 1813 | |
| Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, London (2nd. ed.) | ||
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Ornithidium Salisbury 1813 | |
| 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) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins |
primary forests of Carabbean (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Trinidad & Tobago, Martinique), |
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Venezuela, Colombia |
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| altitude | 600 - 1300 m (1980 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Ravine Acajou, Martinique) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ravine Acajou this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 57 m' to 11 h 03 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 5 - 6 cm (2" - 2.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 8 - 10 | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 2 cm (0.6" L 1") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 22 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
