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