not yet in bloom
Zootrophion griffin |
taxonomy | described by | Luer, Carlyle August |
published in | Selbyana 7 ( 1 ) : 82 1982 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Epidendreae | |
subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
genus | Zootrophion Luer 1982 | |
metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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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 | humid forests in Ecuador (El Oro, Napo, Zamora-Chinchipe) |
altitude | 89 - 1500 m (294 - 4950 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, 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 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Zamora 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 | low | |
inflorescence | length | |
nr flowers | ||
size | ||
duration | ||
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |