| Scaphosepalum breve photo C. Solimbego |
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Journal of Botany, British and foreign 28 : 136 . 1890 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| Genus | Scaphosepalum Pfitzer 1888 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (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 | origin | Guyana, Venezuela (Sucre, Aragua, Bolivar, Carabobo, Distrito Federal, Miranda), Colombia (Antioquia), |
| Ecuador (Napo, Cotopaxi, Pastaza, Tungurahua), Bolivia (Santa Cruz) | ||
| habitat | climate informations from Medellin (Antioquyia, Colombia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Medellin this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 24 m' to 11 h 36 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 25 cm |
| size | 2 L 2 cm (0.8 L 0.8") single flower, they open in sequence | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 8 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
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