Scelochilus ottonis

 

Scelochilus ottonis 2

Scelochilus ottonis                                                                                                                                                         photo C. Solimebrgo
(Comparettia ottonis)
   
taxonomy described by Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich
  published in        Allgemeine Gartenzeitung  9 ( 33 ) : 261    14 august 1841
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae 
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Oncidiinae
  genus Scelochilus  Klotzsch 1841
     
  metabolismo CAM, gli stomi sono aperti di notte
    (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, agosto 2013)
    è utile fornire il fertilizzante minerale in soluzione, per via radicale
     
native of origins forests in Costa Rica, Colombia, Venezuela (Amazonas, Aragua, Carabobo, Guarico, Mèrida, Tachira, 
    Trujillo, Yaracuy, Alto El Delirio)
  altitude 980 - 2000 m (3234 - 6600 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Merida (Merida, Venezuela)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) :
    Scelochilus ottonis b gr uk
  photoperiod in Merida this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    low
     
inflorescence     length 20 - 27 cm (8" - 10.8"), basal  
  nr flowers 8 - 11 , secondary inflorescences 3 - 5
  size single flower 1 L 0.5 cm (0.4" l 0.2") - depth 2 cm (0.8") - inflorescence 10 L 2 cm (4" L 0.8")
  duration inflorescence , with the flowering secondary 150 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 40 days 
     
CITES appendix II

  

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