Warrea warreana

Warrea warreana

Warrea warreana                                                                                                                                                              photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by (Loddiges ex Lindley)  Schweinfurth, Charles
  published in Botanical Museum Leaflets   17 : 55    1955
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Zygopetalinae
  genus Warrea  Lindley 1843
     
  chromosomes 2n = 38
  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) 
    soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. 
     
native of origins cloud forests in Venezuela, Colombia (Mariquita, Tolima), Ecuador (Carchi, Morona-Santiago, Pichincha),
    Peru, Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz), Brazil (Rio de Janeiro), Argentina (Missiones, Guaranì),     
    Paraguay (Alto Paranà) 
  altitude 500 - 1400 m  (1650 - 4620 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Macas (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador)
    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) :
    Warrea warreana b gr uk
  photoperiod in Macas this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m'
  life form geophyte
  brightness              partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 90 - 125 cm (36" - 50"), basal
  nr flowers 8 - 10, fragrants
  size single flower  5 L 6 cm  (2" L 2.4") - inflorescence  15 L 10  (6" L 4")
  duration inflorescence30 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days 
     
CITES appendix II

    

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