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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Lindley) Higgins, Wesley W. |
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published in |
Phytologia 82 ( 5 ) : 380 1997 ( 1998 ) |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Epidendreae |
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subtribe |
Laeliinae |
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genus |
Prostechea Knowles & Westcott 1838 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
evergreen forests in Mexico (Champeche, Chiapas, Ocosingo, Oaxaca, Puebla, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, |
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Tila, Tehuantepec), Belize, Guatemala (Petèn, Sacatepèquez, Zacapa), Honduras (Cortes, Comayagua, |
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Ocotepeque, Ilama), El Salvador (Metapan), Nicaragua (Jinoteca) |
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altitude |
0 - 2100 m (0 - 6930 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Ocosingo (Chiapas, Mexico) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Ocosingo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
12 - 15 cm (4.8" - 6"), apical |
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nr flowers |
12 - 16 |
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size |
single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") - inflorescence 11 L 8 cm (4.4" L 3.2") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 30 - 40 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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