| Restrepia muscifera photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Reichenbach f., Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Folia Orchidaceae . Restrepia (8) : 2 . 15 January 1859 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| Genus | Restrepia Kunth 1816 | |
| 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 | tropical and montane rain forests, in Mexico (Chiapas, Ocosingo, Oaxaca, Guerrero), Guatemala (Zacapa, |
| AltaVerapaz, San Marcos), Honduras (Comayagua, Siguatepeque), El Salvador (Santa Ana, Qietzaltenango), | ||
| Nicaragua (Jinotega, Matagalpa), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Tilaran, Heredia, Barva, | ||
| Puntarenas, San Josè, Aseni), Colombia (Antioquia), Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) | ||
| altitude | 135 - 2400 m (445 - 7920 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Alejuela, Costa Rica | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1250 m / 4125 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Alajuela this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 2 cm (0.8") apical |
| flowers | 6 - 8, fragrant - they open in sequence | |
| size | single flower 1 L 0,7 cm (0.4 L 0.52") | |
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| CITEX | appendix | II |
