| Sievekingia fimbriata foto C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Flora 69 : 449 - 450 1886 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
| genus | Sievekingia Reichenbach f. 1871 | |
| 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 | forests in Costa Rica (Cerro Congo, Llanuras de Sarapiqui), Panama (Coclè, Panamà) |
| altitude | 875 - 1000 m (2887 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from San Josè (San Josè, 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 950 m / 3100 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in San Josè 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 | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 - 7 cm (2.4" - 2.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 4, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2"" L 1.2") - inflorescence 6,5 L 6.5 cm (2.6" L 2.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 2 - 3 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
