not yet in bloom
| Palumbina candida |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Annales Botanices Systematicae 6 : 699 1863 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Palumbina Reichenbach f. 1863 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 44 | |
| 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 | cloud or rain forests in Mexico (Sierra Madre, Chiapas), Guatemala (San Marcos), Colombia (Cauca) |
| very rare plant in the wild | ||
| altitude | 1600 - 2100 m (5280 - 6930 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Popayan (Cauca, Colombia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1850 m / 6100 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | a Popayan this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
