not yet in bloom
| Polycycnis barbata |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Bonplandia (Hannover) 3 ( 15 - 16 ) : 218 1855 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
| genus | Polycycnis Reichenbach f. 1855 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (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 | Honduras (Olancho), Costa Rica (Cartago, Alvarado, Limòn), Panama (Chiriquì, Coclè, Panamà), |
| Venezuela, Colombia (Antioquia, Frontino), Peru (Loreto) | ||
| altitude | 160 - 1900 m (528 - 6270 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cartago (Cartago, Costa Rica) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cartago this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 37 m' to 10 h 23 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
