Sophronitis coccinea

Sophronitis coccinea

Sophronitis coccinea                                                                                                                                                      photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by (Lindley) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in        Annales Botanices Systematicae  6 : 465    1862
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Epidendreae 
  subtribe Laeliinae
  genus Sophronitis Lindley 1828
     
  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 on mossy trees or rocks, in the forests of Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paranà, Santa Catarina,
    Rio Grande do Sul)
  altitude 650 - 1500 m (2145 - 4950 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Bom Jesus (Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) :
    Sophronitis coccinea b gr uk
  photoperiod in Bom Jesus this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 54 m' to 10 h 06 m'
  life form epiphyte or litophyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 3 cm (1.2"), apical
  nr flowers 1
  size single flower 2.5 L 2.5 cm  (1" L 1")
  duration single flower, up to 60 - 70 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 - 20 days
     
CITES appendix II

  

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