| Pleurothallis niveoglobula photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Selbiana 1 (3) : 258 , f . 64 . 1975 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| Genus | Pleurothallis R. Brown 1813 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (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 | origin | cloud forests in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe) |
| habitat | climate informations from Macas (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall with very hot summers) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1050 m / 3400 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Macas this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 1 cm (0.4"), from the base of the leaf |
| size | single flower 0,2 L 0,1 cm (0.08 L 0.04") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
