Domingoa haematochila photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Carabia, Josè Perez |
published in | Memorias de la Sociedad Cubana de Historia Naturel "Felipe Poey" 17 : 143 1943 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Epidendreae | |
subtribe | Laeliinae | |
genus | Domingoa Schlechter 1913 | |
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 | origins | on small branches, Cuba (Sierra de Linares, Pinar del Rio), Hispaniola, Puerto Rico (Mona Island) |
altitude | 0 - 600 (1100) m (0 - 1980 (3630) ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Pinar del Rio (Pinar del Rio, Cuba) |
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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 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Pinar del Rio this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 29 m' to 10 h 31 m' | |
life form | epiphytic | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 4 cm (1.6"), from the base of the leaf |
nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrants | |
size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") ) | |
duration | single flower ~ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ~ 18 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |