| Prosthechea fragrans photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Encyclia fragrans) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Higgins, Wesley E. |
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published in |
Phytologia 82 ( 5 ) : 377 1997 ( 1998 ) | |
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| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Prosthechea Knowles & Westcott 1838 | |
| 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 |
rainforests of Carabbean (Jamaica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago), Mexico, |
| Guatemala, Honduras (Olancho, Campamento), Nicaragua (Boaco, Rivas, Jinotega, Estelì, Managua), | ||
| Costa Rica (Limòn, Alayuela,Guanacaste), Panama (Chiriquì), Venezuela, Colombia (Amazonas), | ||
| Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Los Rios, Quinindè), Peru, Bolivia (La Paz), Brazil (Paranà, restinga, Manaus, | ||
| Itacoatiara, Bahia) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1100 m (0 - 3630 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Maringà (Paranà, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 550 m / 1815 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Maringà this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 33 m' to 10 h 27 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 - 12 cm (2.4" - 4.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 4 - 10, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 5 L 6 cm (2" L 2.4") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 45 - 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
