| Bifrenaria tetragona photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
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published in |
The Gardners's Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 43 : 422 1908 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| Genus | Bifrenaria Lindley 1832 | |
| 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) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin |
rain forests or swampy on the coast of Atlantic Ocean in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) |
| altitude | 300 - 1200 m (990 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Itapeva (São Paulo, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2475 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Itapeva this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 34 m' to 10 h 26 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 cm (2.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 4 - 6, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 5 L 4 cm (2" L 1.6") - inflorescence 14 L 10 cm (5.6" L 4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 - 18 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
