| Sobralia macrantha photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | desctribed by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Sertum Orchidaceum sub t . 29 1838 (1 jul. 1839) | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Sobralieae | |
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| genus | Sobralia 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 |
silicious soils and leaves debris, in Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Hacienda do Carmen), Belize (Augustine, Cayo), |
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Guatemala (Cobàn, Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, Escuintla, Huehuetenango, Petèn, |
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Hacienda de La Laguna, Quichè, Santa Rosa, Sololà, Suchitepèquez), Honduras (Itimbucà, Comayagua, |
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Copàn, Potrerillos, Yamaranguila), El Salvador, Nicaragua (Estelì, Jinotega, Granada, Matagalpa), |
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Nicaragua (Estelì, Jinotega, Granada, Matagalpa), Costa Rica, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro) |
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| altitude | 100 - 2540 m (330 - 8382 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cobàn (Alta Verapaqz, Guatemala) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1300 m / 4300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cobàn this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 01 m' to 10 h 59 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 3 cm ( 1.2"), apical |
| nr flowers | 4 - 6 one at a time, ≈ every 8 days | |
| size | single flower 16 L 14 cm (6.4" L 5.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 3 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 25 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
