| Specklinia sertularioides photo C.Solimbergo | ||
| (Anathallis sertularoides) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Sprengel, Curt Polycarp Joachin |
| published in | Systema Vegetabilium, editio decima sexta 3 : 731 1826 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Specklinia Lindley 1830 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (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 | humid forests in Caribbean (Jamaica, Cuba), Mexico (Chiapas, Tabasco), Belize (Toledo), |
| Guatemala (Izabal, Petèn), Honduras, Nicaragua, Ecuador, Brazil | ||
| altitude | 240 - 550 m (792 - 1815 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Acala (Chiapas, Mexico) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 400 m / 1320 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Acala this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 05 m' to 10 h 55 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 1,5 cm (0.6"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2 , one at a time | |
| size | single flower 0.7 L 0.5 cm (0.28" L 0.2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
