Sievekingia fimbriata

Sievekingia fimbriata

Sievekingia fimbriata                                                                                                                                                         foto  C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in        Flora  69 : 449 - 450    1886
     
  family  Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae 
  tribe  Cymbidieae
  subtribe Stanhopeinae
  genus  Sievekingia Reichenbach f. 1871 
     
  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 forests in Costa Rica (Cerro Congo, Llanuras de Sarapiqui), Panama (Coclè, Panamà) 
  altitude  875 - 1000 m (2887 - 3300 ft)
  habitat climate informations from San Josè (San Josè, Costa Rica)
    Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 950 m / 3100 ft) :
    Sievekingia fimbriata b gr uk
  photoperiod in San Josè this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    low
     
inflorescence     length 6 - 7 cm (2.4" - 2.8"), basal  
  nr flowers 4, fragrants
  size single flower  3 L 3 cm (1.2"" L 1.2") - inflorescence 6,5 L 6.5 cm (2.6" L 2.6")
  duration single flower, ≈ 2 - 3 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days 
     
CITES appendix II

    

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