Restrepiella ophiocephala photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Dunsterville, Galfried Clement Keyworth |
published in | Venezuelan Orchid Illustrated 4 : 266 1st march 1966 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Epidendreae | |
subtribe | Pleutothallidinae | |
genus | Restrepiella Garay & Dunsterville 1966 | |
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) | ||
it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
native of | origins | humid forests, swamps, in Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Oaxaca, Tabasco, Veracruz, Còrdoba, Orizaba, |
Tezonapa, Zacualpan, Ocosingo, Ocozocoautla, Palenque, Huatusco), Belize (Toledo), Guatemala (Alta | ||
Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), Honduras, El Salvador (Alta Ana), Nicaragua (Jinotega), Costa Rica (Alajuela, | ||
Guanacaste, San Ramon, Tilàran) | ||
altitude | 300 - 1900 m (990 - 6270 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Ocosingo (Chiapas, Mexico) | |
Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m / 3630 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Ocosingo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade to low | |
inflorescence | length | cm, from the base of the leaf |
nr flowers | 1 - inflorescence blooms for years | |
size | single flower 0.5 L 0.3 cm (0.2" L 0.12") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 15 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |