Porroglossum hystrix

Porroglossum hystrix

Porroglossum hystrix                                                                                                                                                         photo C. Solimbergo
 
taxonomy    described by   Luer, Carlyle August  
  published in Monographs in Sistematic Botany from the Missouri Botanical Garden 26 : 110, pl . 16 . 1988
     
  family Orchdaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Epidendreae
  subtribe Pleurothallidinae
  genus Porroglossum  Schlechter 1920
     
  metabolism C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day.
    (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 wet forests in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Puerto Limon, Indanza)
  altitude 1000 - 2200 m (3300 - 7260 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Morona-Santiago, Ecuador
    Köppen climate classification Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of ) :
    Porroglossum hystrix a gr uk
  photoperiod in Morona-Santiago this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m'
  life form  epiphyte 
  brightness low  
     
inflorescence   lenght 10 cm, apical  
  flowers
  size single flower 2 L 1,5 cm (0.4 L 0.6")
  duration ≈ 30 days
  time to bloom from birth ~  days
     
CITEX appendix II

 

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