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) : | ||
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 | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |