| Polystachya foliosa photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Hooker) Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Annales Botanices Systematicae 6 ( 4 ) : 640 1863 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Vandeae | |
| subtribe | Polystachyinae | |
| genus | Polystachya Hooker 1824 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins |
semi-deciduous rainforest, in the Carabbean, Mexico (Champeche, Oaxaca), Belize (Cayo, Toledo), |
| Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama (Chiriquì, Coclè, Panamà, Veraguas), | ||
| Venezuela (Apure, Barinas,Carabobo, Lara, Merida, Miranda), Suriname, Colombia (Antioquia, | ||
| Medellin), Ecuador (Napo, Sucumbios), Peru (Junin, Ayacucho,Huànuco), Bolivia (La Paz), | ||
| Brazil (Bahia Almadina, Amazonas, Rio dos Pombos), Argentina | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1850 m (0 - 6100 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from San Cristobal (Merida, Venezuela) | |
| 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 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in San Cristobal this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 30 m' to 11 h 30 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 40 - 60 cm (16" - 24"), basal |
| nr flowers | 120 - 180 | |
| size | single flower 0.7 L 0.6 cm (0.28" L 0.24") - inflorescence 28 L 7 cm (11.2" L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 120 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 - 70 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
