| Pescatoria dayana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1618 7 december 1872 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Zygopetalinae | |
| genus | Pescatoria Reichenbach f. 1869 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | humid forests, on the lower trunks covered by moss, in Panama (Darièn), Colombia, Ecuador |
| altitude | altitude 60 - 1500 m (198 - 4950 ft) |
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| habitat | climate informations from Santa Fè (Darièn, Panama) | |
| 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 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Santa Fè this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 49 m' to 11 h 11 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 - 8 cm (2.4" - 3.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 8 L 6 cm (3.2" L 2.4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
