Meiracyllium wendlandii

Meiracyllium wendlandii 

Meiracyllium wendlandii                                                                                                                                                 photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in      Beitrage zu einer Orchideenkunde Central-America's  73    1866
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Epidendreae
  subtribe Laeliinae
  genus Meiracyllium  Reichenbach f. 1854
     
  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, on moss-covered trees in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador
  altitude 700 - 1500 m  (2300 - 4950 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Cobán (Alta Verapaz, Guatemala)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m / 3630 ft) :
    Meiracyllium wendlandii b gr uk
  photoperiod in Cobàn this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 14 h 02 m' to 9 h 58 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade to low
     
inflorescence     length 1 cm  (0.4"), apical 
  nr flowers 3 - 4, fragrants
  size single flower  1 L 1.5 cm  (0.4" L 0.6") - inflorescence  3 L 3 cm  (1.2" L 1.2")
  duration inflorescence7 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days
     
CITES appendix II

   

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