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taxonomy |
described by |
(Swartz) Pridgeon, Alec M. & Case, Mark M. |
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published in |
Lindeyana 16 ( 4 ) : 259 26 dec. 2001 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Epidendreae |
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subtribe |
Pleurothallidinae |
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genus |
Specklinia Lindley 1830 |
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metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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native of |
origins |
evergreen forests, in the Caribbean (Dominican Rep., Cuba, Jamaica, Portland), Mexico (Oaxaca, Ocosingo, |
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Veracruz, Chiapas, Huatusco), Belize (Cajo, Toledo), Guatemala (Izabal, Petèn), Nicaragua (Granada), |
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Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Puntarenas, Golgito, S. Josè, Puriscal), Panama (Chiriquì), Suriname |
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altitude |
15 - 1580 m (50 - 5214 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Ocosingo (Chiapas, Mexico) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Ocosingo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
low |
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inflorescence |
length |
0,5 cm (0.2"), from the base of the leaf |
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nr flowers |
1 |
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size |
single flower 0.2 L 0.3 cm (0.08" L 0.12") - depth 0.7 cm (0.28") |
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duration |
single flower ≈ days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days |
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CITES |
appendix |
II |