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| taxonomy |
described by |
von Humboldt, Friedrich Wilhelm Heindrick Alexander |
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Bonpland, Aimè Jacques Alexandre |
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Kunth, Karl Sigismund |
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published in |
Nova Genera et Species Plantarum ( quarto editio ) 1 : 338 1816 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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subtribe |
Oncidiinae |
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genus |
Trichoceros H.B.K. (Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth) 1815 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
cloud forests, on shrubs, in Ecuador (Azuay, Sigsig, Loja, Cañar), Peru (Cajamarca, Cusco, Hualgayoc, |
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Urubamba, Junin), Bolivia (La Paz, Cochabamba, Yungas) |
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altitude |
1900 - 4100 m (6270 - 13530 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Cajamarca (Cajamarca, Peru) |
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Köppen climate classification : Bsk, cold-dry steppe climate |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 3000 m / 9900 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Cajamarca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m' |
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life form |
geophyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
length |
30 cm (12"), apical |
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nr flowers |
10 - 14, one at a time |
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size |
single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") |
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duration |
single flower, ≈ 15 days - inflorescence more than 150 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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