| Pleurothallis sertularioides photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachin |
| published in | Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 3 : 731 1826 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Pleurothallis R. Brown 1813 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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| (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 | forests of Carabbean (Jamaica, Cuba), Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco, Ocosingo), Belize (Toledo), |
| Guatemala (Izabal, Petèn), Honduras, Nicaragua (Granada, Zelaya), Costa Rica, Panama, | ||
| Trinidad & Tobago (Arima), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Carrasco) | ||
| altitude | 120 - 480 m (396 - 1584 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bluefields (Zelaya, Nicaragua) | |
| 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 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bluefields (Zelaya, Nicaragua) this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 48 m' to 11 h 12 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 1,5 cm (0.6") |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 0,5 L 0,5 cm (0.2" L 0.2") | |
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | I |
