Schomburgkia crispa photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | Sertum orchidaceum 10 1838 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Epidendreae | |
subtribe | Laeliinae | |
genus | Schomburgkia Lindley 1838 | |
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 | Venezuela, Guayana (Corentyn River, Bernice River), Suriname, Colombia, Ecuador, (Napo), |
Brazil, in the "igapòs", border flooded woods (Amazonas, Parà, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, | ||
São Paulo, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo), Peru (Moyobamba) | ||
altitude | 180 - 950 m (594 - 3135 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Sertãozinho (São Paulo, Brazil) | |
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 550 m / 1815 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Sertaozinho this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 24 m' to 10 h 36 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 120 - 150 cm (48" - 60"), apical |
nr flowers | 18 - 22 | |
size | single flower 5 L 5 cm (2" L 2") - inflorescence 20 L 18 cm (8" L 7.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 100 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |