Sarcoglottis grandiflora photo C.Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Klotzsch, Johann Friedrich |
published in | Algemeine Gartenzeitung 10 : 107 1842 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Orchidoideae | |
tribe | Cranichideae | |
subtribe | Spiranthiinae | |
genus | Sarcoglottis Presl 1827 | |
chromosomes | 2n = 46 | |
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 | cloud forests in Venezuela (Miranda, Sucre), Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador (El Oro, Esmeraldas, Piñas, . |
Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Amazonas, Basque, Pasco, Tumbes, Zarumilla, Oxapampa), Brazil (Bahia, | ||
Rio de Janeiro, Mato Grosso), Argentina (Corrientes, Missiones) | ||
altitude | 20 - 1750 m (66 - 5775 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Los Tequez (Miranda, 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) : | ||
photoperiod | in Los Tequez this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 41 m' to 11 h 19 m' | |
life form | geophyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 80 - 130 cm (32" - 52"), from the base of the leaves |
nr flowers | 18 - 22 | |
size | single flower 4 L 1.3 cm (1.6" L 1.2") - inflorescence 70 L 8 cm (28" L 3.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 90 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |