Dryadella zebrina photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Porsch) Luer, Carlyle August |
published in | Selbiana 2 : 209 1978 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Epidendreae | |
subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
genus | Dryadella Leur 1978 | |
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 | moist forests, often with fog and dry season in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, Santa Catarina, Petropolis), |
Ecuador, Peru, Bolivia (La Paz, Inquìsivì) | ||
altitude | 600 - 1400 m (1980 - 4620 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Petròpolis (Organ Range, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Petròpolis this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | low | |
inflorescence | length | 2,5 cm (1"), from the base of the leaf |
nr flowers | 1 | |
size | single flower 0,6 L 0.5 cm (0.24" L 0.2") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 40 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |