| Stanhopea oculata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Loddiges) Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 158 1832 | |
| 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 | humid forests of Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz), Belize (Cajo, Toledo), Honduras, |
| Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Petèn), El Salvador, Nicaragua (Estelì, Granada, Nueva Segovia), | ||
| Costa Rica, Panama (Coclè, Monagas), Colombia, Venezuela, Peru (Moyobamba) | ||
| altitude | 220 - 1300 m (726 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cobàn (Alta Verapaz, 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 1250 m / 4100 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 | epiphyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | low to partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12"), basal |
| nr flowers | 5 - 7 | |
| size | single flower 10 L 14 cm (4" L 5.6") - inflorescence 40 L 30 cm (16" L 12") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 5 - 7 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 25 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
