| Peristeria elata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Hooker, William Jackson |
| published in | Botanical Magazine 58 : t . 3116 1831 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Coelopsidinae | |
| genus | Peristeria Hooker 1831 | |
| 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 | grasslands in moist forests, in Costa Rica, Panama (Canal Area, Coclè, Colòn, Veraguas, Santa Fè), |
| Venezuela (Barinas, Trujillo, Boqueron), Colombia (Antioquia, Barbosa), Ecuador (Los Rios, Pichincha) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 600 m (0 - 1980 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Colòn (Colòn, Panama) | |
| 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 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Colòn this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 37 m' to 11 h 23 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 105 - 115 cm (42" - 46"), basal |
| nr flowers | 18 - 22 | |
| size | single flower 3.5 L 3 cm (1.4" L 1.2") - inflorescence 23 L 12 cm (9.2" L 4.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 100 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
