| Scomburgkia gloriosa photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Laelia gloriosa) |
| taxonomy | desribed by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Hamburger Garten-und Blumenzeitung 16 : 178 1860 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Schomburkia Lindley 1838 | |
| 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 | Trinidad & Tobago, Guyana, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Napo, Sucumbios, |
| Zamora-Chinchipe), Brazil | ||
| altitude | 200 - 850 m (660 - 2800 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Valencia (Carabobo, Venezuela) |
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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) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Valencia 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 | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 65 – 75 cm (200" - 235"), apical |
| nr flowers | 12 - 14 | |
| habitat | warm | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4cm (1.6" L 1.6") - inflorescence 20 L 12 cm (8" L 4.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
