| Pleurothallis restrepioides photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Companion to the Botanical Magazine 2 : 356 1836 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Pleurothallis R Brown 1813 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 76 - 78 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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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 | humid forests in Panama, Colombia (Nariño), Ecuador (Bolivar, Cañar, Carchi, Imbabura, Pichincha, |
| Zamora-Chinchipe, Cotopaxi, Quito), Peru (Amazonas) | ||
| altitude | 800 - 3000 m (2640 - 9900 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Quito Pichincha, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1900 m / 7300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Quito this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, constant throughout the year, of 12 h 00 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 30 cm (7.2" - 12"), from the base of the leaf |
| nr flowers | 18 - 24, smelly | |
| size | single flower 1 L 0.4 cm (0.4" L 0.16") - inflorescence 18 L 3 cm (7.2" L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
