| Stanhopea embreei photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Dodson, Calaway Homer |
| pubblished in | Selbyana 1 ( 2 ) : 128 ( -129 ) , f . 5B 1975 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
| genus | Stanhopea (Hooker) Frost 1829 | |
| metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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| (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 | cloud forests, on small shrubs, in Ecuador (Bolivar, Cañar, Chimborazo, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru |
| altitude | 200 - 1500 m (660 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 850 m / 2800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Zamora this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low to partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 - 15 cm (4.8" - 6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 4 - 5, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 12 L 10 cm (4.8" L 4") - inflorescence 14 L 14 cm (5.6" L 5.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 2 - 3 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
