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| taxonomy |
described by |
Lindley, John |
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pubblished in |
Edwars's Botanical Register 23 : sub t . 1991 1837 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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subtribe |
Zygopetalinae |
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genus |
Stenia Lindley 1837 |
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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) |
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soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
rain forests in Caribbean (Trinidad & Tobago), Venezuela (Bolivar, Delta Amacuro, Miranda, Sucre), |
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Colombia, Guyana, Ecuador (Imbabura, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Pastaza), Peru (Huànuco, Junin, San Martin), |
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Bolivia (Cochabamba, Chapare, La Paz, Yungas), Brazil (Bahia, Abaìra) |
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altitude |
190 - 1700 m (627 - 5610 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from El Pujo (Pastaza, Ecuador) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in El Pujo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 55 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
low |
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| inflorescence |
length |
5 - 7 cm (2" - 2.8"), basal |
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nr flowers |
1 |
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size |
single flower 6 L 9 cm (2.4" L 3.6") |
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duration |
single flower, ≈ 30 - 40 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 35 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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