| Anacheilium cochleatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Linnaeus) von Hoffmannsegg, Johann Centurius |
| published in | ex Linnea 16 (lit.) : 229 1842 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| Genus | Prosthechea (Hoffmannsegg) Reichenbach f. 1842 | |
| 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 | evergreen or decidous forests, in USA (Florida), Carabbean (Domincan Rep., Roscan Azua), Cuba (Holguin), |
| Mexico (Tabasco, Puebla, San Luis Potosì, Campeche, Chiapas, Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Querètaro, Quintana Roo, | ||
| Veracruz), Belize, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama (Darien), Colombia, Venezuela (Aragua, Miranda, Zulia), | ||
| Ecuador | ||
| altitude | 30 - 2000 m (99 - 6600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Mariscala de Juàrez (Oaxaca, Mexico) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mariscala de J. this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 10 m' to 10 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 50 - 60 cm (20" - 24"), apical |
| nr flowers | 18 - 32, one at a time | |
| size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 30 days - inflorescence, ≈ 180 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
