Phragmipedium longifolium

Phragmipedium longifolium 

Phragmipedium longifolium                                                                                                                                            photo C.Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by (Warscewicz & Reichenbach f.) Rolfe, Robert Allen
  published in      Orchid Review  4 ( 47 ) : 332 1896
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Cypripedioideae
  tribe  --
  subtribe --
  genus Phragmidedium  Rolfe 1896
     
  chromosomes   2n = 20 - 21 
  metabolism 

CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night.

    (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 wet forests in Costa Rica, Panama (Chiriquì, Coclè, Panamà), Colombia (Bay of Choco, Medellin,
    Cocormà), Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Pichincha), Peru (Machu  Pichu)
  altitude 0 - 1600 (2500) m  (0 - 5280 (8250)  ft)
  habitat climate informations from Machu Picchu (Urubamba, Peru)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) :
    Phragmipedium longifolium b gr uk
  photoperiod in Machu Picchu this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 52 m' to 11 h 08 m'
  life form geophyte humus, finenext watercourses
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 100 - 110 cm  (40" - 44"), from the base of the leaves 
  nr flowers 13 - 16
  size single flower  11 L 20 cm  (4.4" L 8")
  duration single flower, ≈ 20 days - inflorescence, ≈ 270 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days  
     
CITES appendix II

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