| Stelis bidentata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 10 ( 254 - 256 ) : 358 1912 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Stelis Swartz 1800 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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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 in Mexico (Chiapas), Belize (Toledo), Guatemala (Cobàn), El Salvador, Nicaragua (Jinotega), |
| Costa Rica, Panama (Chiriquì) | ||
| altitude | 1100 - 1500 m (3630 - 4950 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 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 | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 10 cm (3.6" - 4"), from the base of the leaf |
| nr flowers | 50 - 66, 1 - 3 inflorescences for pseudobulb | |
| size | single flower 0.1 L 0.1 cm (0.04" L 0.04") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
