| 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 |
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| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of ) : | ||
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| 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 | 1 | |
| 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 |
