| Rodriguezia satipoana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Dodson, Calaway Homer & Bennett, David E. jr. |
| published in | Icones Plantarum , ser . 2 2 : t . 165 1989 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Rodriguezia Ruiz & Pavon 1794 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (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 Peru (Junin, Satipo, Tarma, Tambopata) |
| altitude | 137 - 900 m (452 - 2970 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Tambopata (Madre de Dios, Peru) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Tambopata this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 50 m' to 11 h 10 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 22 cm (7.2" - 8.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 7 - 9 | |
| size | single flower 3 L 2 cm (1.2" L 0.8") - depth 5 cm (2") - spur 3 cm ( 1.2") - inflorescence 12 L 7 cm (4.8" L 2.8") |
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| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 - 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
