| Phragmipedium caudatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Orchid Review 4 : 332 1896 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Cypripedioideae | |
| tribe | -- | |
| subtribe | -- | |
| genus | Phragmidedium Rolfe 1896 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 28 | |
| 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 | Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Huehuetanango), Nicaragua (Zelaya), Honduras, Panama (Bocas del Toro, |
| Volcan de Chiriquì), Colombia (Antioquia, Sonson), Ecuador (Carchi, Pastaza, Nanegal), Peru (Cusco, Calca, | ||
| Pasco, Oxapampa, Huanuco, Junin, Puno, Muña), Bolivia (La Paz, F.Tamayo, Cochabamba, Chapare, Vesaqua) | ||
| altitude | 1150 - 2500 m (2600 - 3800 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Oxapampa (Pasco, Peru) | |
| 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 1800 m / 5940 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Oxapampa this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 41 m' to 11 h 19 m' | |
| life form | geophyte in hyumus |
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| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 60 cm (24"), from the base of the leaves |
| nr flowers | 3 - 5 | |
| size | single flower 37 L 5 cm (14.8" L 2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 60 days - inflorescence, ≈ 90 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | I |
