Sacoila lanceolata photo C. Solimbergo |
Stenorrhynchos lanceolatum | ||
taxonomy | described by | Rafinesque, Contantine Samuel |
published in | Flora Telluriana 2 : 86 1836 (jan. - mar. 1837) | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamuly | Orchidoideae | |
tribe | Cranichideae | |
subtribe | Spiranthinae | |
genus | Sacoila Rafinesque 1836 | |
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 | deciduous forests in USA (Florida), Carabbean (Puert Rico, Jamaica, Cuba, Haiti, Trinidad & Tobago), |
Mexico (Champeche, Calakmul, Chiapas, Pichucalco, Guerrero, Jalisco, Michoacàn, Morelos, Oaxaca, | ||
Yucatan, Chis, Palenque, Juchitàn, Coatzacoalcos), Belize (Toledo, Stan Creek), Guatemala, Honduras, | ||
El Salvador (Ahuachapàn, Santa Ana),Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Puntarenas), Panama (Canal Area, | ||
Chiriquì, Macaracas, Colòn, Puerto Obaldia), Suriname,Guyana (Rupununi), Venezuela (Amazonas, Bolivar), | ||
Brazil (Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Morro das Pedras, Morro Velho,Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Bahia, | ||
Feira de Santana, Rio de Janeiro, Passa Três, Cabo Frio, Arraial do Cabo, Amação dos Buzios, Mato Grosso, | ||
Ouro Preto, Coronel Pacheco, Poconè Pantanal, Cearà, Crato,Amapà, Rio Araguarì, Ferreira Gomes, Paranà, | ||
Pinhais, Jaguariaiva, Alagoas,Maceilò, Goyaz, Chiefly), Paraguay (Cordillera, Guairà), Peru (Cusco), | ||
Argentina (Còrdoba, Corrìentes, Jujuy, Missiones, Guaranì, Tucuman, Oran, Tafi, Sierra Chica de Còrdoba) | ||
altitude | 0 - 2700 m (0 - 8900 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Scarborough (Tobago, Trinidad & Tobago) | |
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 1350 m / 4450 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Scarborough this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 44 m' to 11 h 16 m' | |
life form | geophyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 60 - 75 cm (24" - 30"), apical |
nr flowers | 24 - 30 | |
size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") - depth 4 cm (1.6") - inflorescence 22 L 8 cm (8.8" L 3.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 100 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |