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taxonomy |
described by |
Reichenbach, Friedrich Gustav |
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published in |
The Gardners' s Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 2 : 38 1883 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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subtribe |
Oncidiinae |
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genus |
Rodriguezia Ruiz & Pavon 1794 |
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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) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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native of |
origins |
edge of humid forests, on bushes, in Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas, Orinoco Bacin), Colombia (Amazonas), |
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Ecuador (Napo, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe), Brazil |
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altitude |
250 - 1350 m (825 - 4455 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Zamora this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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inflorescence |
length |
30 cm (12"), basal |
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nr flowers |
8 - 10 |
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size |
single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") - 5 cm (2") deep - inflorescence 12 L 7 cm (4.8" L 2.8") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 14 - 20 days |
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time |
to bloom from the birth ≈ 40 days |
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CITES |
appendix |
II |