| (Comparettia ottonis) |
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| taxonomy |
described by |
Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich |
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published in |
Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 9 ( 33 ) : 261 14 august 1841 |
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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 |
Scelochilus Klotzsch 1841 |
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metabolismo |
CAM, gli stomi sono aperti di notte |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, agosto 2013) |
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è utile fornire il fertilizzante minerale in soluzione, per via radicale |
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| native of |
origins |
forests in Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Carabobo, Guarico, Mèrida, Tachira, |
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Trujillo, Yaracuy, Alto El Delirio) |
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altitude |
980 - 2000 m (3234 - 6600 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Merida (Merida, Venezuela) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Merida this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
low |
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| inflorescence |
length |
20 - 27 cm (8" - 10.8"), basal |
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nr flowers |
8 - 11 , secondary inflorescences 3 - 5 |
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size |
single flower 1 L 0.5 cm (0.4" l 0.2") - depth 2 cm (0.8") - inflorescence 10 L 2 cm (4" L 0.8") |
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duration |
inflorescence , with the flowering secondary ≈ 150 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days |
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appendix |
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