| Restrepiella ophiocephala photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Dunsterville, Galfried Clement Keyworth |
| published in | Venezuelan Orchid Illustrated 4 : 266 1st march 1966 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleutothallidinae | |
| genus | Restrepiella Garay & Dunsterville 1966 | |
| 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, swamps, in Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, Còrdoba, Orizaba, |
| Tezonapa, Zacualpan, Ocosingo, Ocozocoautla, Palenque, Huatusco), Belize (Toledo), Guatemala (Alta | ||
| Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), Honduras, El Salvador (Alta Ana), Nicaragua (Jinotega), Costa Rica (Alajuela, | ||
| Guanacaste, San Ramon, Tilàran) | ||
| altitude | 300 - 1900 m (990 - 6270 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ocosingo (Chiapas, Mexico) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m / 3630 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ocosingo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | cm, from the base of the leaf |
| nr flowers | 1 - inflorescence blooms for years | |
| size | single flower 0.5 L 0.3 cm (0.2" L 0.12") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
