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| taxonomy |
described by |
(Lindley) Soto Arenas, Miguel Angel & Salazar Chàvez, Gerardo Adolfo |
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published in |
Orquìdea (Mexico City) n.s. , 13 ( 1 - 12 ) : 148 1993 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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subtribe |
Oncidiinae |
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genus |
Rhynchostele Reichenbach f. 1852 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
in the "paramo", the mixed forests in Mexico (Chiapas, Cintalapa, Oaxaca, Ixtlan, Mixe, Puebla,
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Rayon, Veracruz), Guatemala (Sololà, Choacus, ), Honduras (Ocotepeque, Olancho, Yoro), |
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El Salvador, Nicaragua (Estelì, Matagalpa), Costa Rica, Venezuela |
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rare plant in the wild |
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altitude |
1200 - 3800 m (3960 - 11400 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Panajachel (Sololà, Lake Atitlan, Guatemala) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2500 m / 8250 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Panajachel this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 58 m' to 11 h 02 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
60 - 72 cm (24" - 29"), basal |
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nr flowers |
10 - 13 |
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size |
single flower 9 L 8 cm (3.6" L 3.2") - inflorescence 27 L 12 cm (10.8" L 4.8") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 60 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 80 days |
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appendix |
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