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) | ||
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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) : | ||
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 |