| Panarica prismatocarpa photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Epidendrum prismatocarpum / Prosthechea prismatocarpa) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Dressler ex Reichenbach f.) Withner, Carl Leslie & Harding, Patricia A. |
| published in | The Cattleyas and Their Relatives : the debatable Epidendrums 213 - 214, t . 66 - 67 2004 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Panarica Withner & Harding 2004 | |
| 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 | cloud forests in Costa Rica (San Josè, Alajuelita), Nicaragua, Panama |
| altitude | 1100 - 2420 m (3630 - 8000 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from San Josè (San Josè, Costa Rica) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1750 m / 5800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in San Josè this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 38 m' to 11 h 22 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| infiorescence | lenght | 30 - 34 cm (12 - 13.6") |
| nr flowers | 14 - 16, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6 L 1.6") - inflorescence 12 L 5.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITEX | appendix | II |
