Panarica prismatocarpa

Panarica prismatocarpa

Panarica prismatocarpa                                                                                                                                                  photo C. Solimbergo
(Epidendrum prismatocarpum / Prosthechea prismatocarpa) 
   
taxonomy described by  (Dressler ex Reichenbach f.) Withner, Carl Leslie  &  Harding, Patricia A.
  published in   The Cattleyas and Their Relatives : the debatable Epidendrums  213 - 214, t . 66 - 67    2004
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Epidendreae
  subtribe Laeliinae
  genus Panarica  Withner & Harding 2004
     
  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 cloud forests in Costa Rica (San Josè, Alajuelita), Nicaragua, Panama
  altitude 1100 - 2420 m  (3630 - 8000 ft)
  habitat climate informations from  San Josè (San Josè, Costa Rica)
    Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1750 m / 5800 ft) :
    Panarica prismatocarpa b gr uk
  photoperiod in San Josè this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 38 m' to 11 h 22 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness partial shade 
     
infiorescence   lenght 30 - 34 cm (12 - 13.6") 
  nr flowers 14 - 16, fragrant 
  size single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6 L 1.6") - inflorescence 12 L 5.6") 
  duration inflorescence ≈ 40 days
  time to bloom from birth,  ≈   days
     
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