| Soterosanthus shepheardii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Rolfe) Jenny, Rudolf |
| published in | Die Orchidee ( Hamburg ) 37 ( 2 ) : 74 1986 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
| genus | Soterosanthus (Jenny) Lehman 1986 | |
| 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 | on the coastal forests of Colombia (Valle del Cauca), Ecuador (Esmeraldas) |
| altitude | 0 - 210 m (0 - 693 ft) . | |
| habitat | climate informations from Esmaraldas (Esmeraldas, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 100 m / 330 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Esmeraldas this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 02 m' to 11 h 58 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 - 12 cm (4 - 4.8") |
| nr flowers | 8 - 10 | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 3,5 cm (1 L 1.4") - inflorescence 10 L 6 cm (4 L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 3 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
