| Scaphosepalum merinoi photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Monographs in systematic botany, from the Missouri Botanical Garden 88 : 110 - 111 , f . 24 2002 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Scaphosepalum Pfitzer 1888 | |
| 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 | forests in Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) |
| altitude | ≈ 1400 m (4600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Zamora (Zamora - Chinchipe, Ecuador) | |
| 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 1400 m / 4600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Zamora this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brigthness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 - 12 cm (4" - 4.8") , from the base of the leaf |
| nr flowers | 8 - 12 , one at a time | |
| size | single flower 0.8 L 2.5 cm (0.32" L 1") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 10 - inflorescence, ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
