| Phragmipedium longifolium photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Warscewicz & Reichenbach f.) Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Orchid Review 4 ( 47 ) : 332 1896 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Cypripedioideae | |
| tribe | -- | |
| subtribe | -- | |
| genus | Phragmidedium Rolfe 1896 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 20 - 21 | |
| 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 | wet forests in Costa Rica, Panama (Chiriquì, Coclè, Panamà), Colombia (Bay of Choco, Medellin, |
| Cocormà), Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Pichincha), Peru (Machu Pichu) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1600 (2500) m (0 - 5280 (8250) ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Machu Picchu (Urubamba, Peru) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Machu Picchu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 52 m' to 11 h 08 m' | |
| life form | geophyte humus, fine, next watercourses | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 100 - 110 cm (40" - 44"), from the base of the leaves |
| nr flowers | 13 - 16 | |
| size | single flower 11 L 20 cm (4.4" L 8") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days - inflorescence, ≈ 270 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
