| Restrepia brachypus photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Flora 69 : 554 1886 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleutothallidinae | |
| genus | Restrepia Kunth 1816 | |
| 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 | humid forests in Venezuela (Merida), Colombia (Antioquia, Condinamarca, Huila, Risaralda, Hurrao, Cauca, |
| Chocò,Sonsòn, Rionegro), Ecuador (Carchi, Morona-Santiago, Pichincha, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe), | ||
| Peru (Huànuco), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chapare, Ichilo, Yungas) | ||
| altitude | 1200 - 3100 m (3960 - 10230 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Rionegro (Antioquia, Colombia) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2100 / 6858 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Rionegro this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 25 m' to 11 h 35 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 cm (2.4"), from the base of the leaf |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 1 cm (1.6" L 0.4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 15 - 18 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
