| Phragmipedium caricinum photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Phragmipedium pearcei) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley ex Paxton) Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Orchid Review 4 : 332 1896 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Cypripedioideae | |
| tribe | -- | |
| subtribe | -- | |
| genus | Phragmidedium Rolfe 1896 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 20 | |
| 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 | rain forests, riversides, in Ecuador (Quichua, Tarapoto, Rio Napo), Peru (Loreto, Puno, San Martin), |
| Bolivia (Beni, Cochabamba, Ichilo, La Paz, Chapare, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Rondonia, Roraima) | ||
| altitude | 160 - 1000 m (528 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz, Bolivia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Santa Cruz this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 10 m' to 10 h 50 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 60 - 70 cm (24" - 28"), from the base of the leaves |
| nr flowers | 9 - 10, one at a time | |
| size | single flower 15 L 14 cm (6" L 5.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days - inflorescence, ≈ 200 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 - 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | I |
