| Prosthechea vespa photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Vell.) Higgins, Wesley W. |
| published in | Phytologia 82 ( 5 ) : 381 1997 ( 1998 ) | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Prostechea 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 |
rain forests in the Carabbean (Cuba, Dominica Rep.), Guiana (Essequibo), Nicaragua (Chontales, |
| Granada), Costa Rica (Limòn,Alayuela, Guanacaste), Panama (Bocas del Toro, Canal Area, Coclè, | ||
| Chiriquì), Venezuela (Amazonas, Apure, Delta Amacuro, Orinoco Bacin), Colombia (Antioquia, | ||
| Briceño, Urrao, Chocò, Cauca), Ecuador (Azuay, Napo, Pichincha, Zamora-Chinchipe, Yacuambi, | ||
| Yantzaza), Brazil (Amazonas, Minas Gerais, Mato Grosso), Bolivia (Beni, Itenez, Cochabamba, | ||
| La Paz, Santa Fè, Pando), Peru | ||
| altitude | 6 - 2320 m (20 - 7656 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Barbacena (Minas Gerais, 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 1150 m / 3800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Barbacena this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 25 m' to 10 h 35 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 20 cm (7.2 - 8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 20 - 25 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") - inflorescence 14 L 5 cm (5.6" L 2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom dala birth, ≈ 120 - 150 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
