Rodriguezia leeana

Rodriguezia leeana

Rodriguezia leeana                                                                                                                                                         photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy described by Reichenbach, Friedrich Gustav
  published in       The Gardners' s Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette  2 : 38    1883
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Oncidiinae
  genus Rodriguezia  Ruiz & Pavon 1794
     
  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 edge of humid forests, on bushes, in Suriname, Venezuela (Amazonas, Orinoco Bacin), Colombia (Amazonas),
    Ecuador (Napo, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe), Brazil
  altitude 250 - 1350 m (825 - 4455 ft)
  habitat climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) :
    Rodriguezia leeana b gr uk
  photoperiod in Zamora this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 30 cm (12"), basal  
  nr flowers 8 - 10  
  size single flower  3 L 3 cm  (1.2" L 1.2") -  5 cm  (2") deep - inflorescence  12 L 7 cm  (4.8" L 2.8")
  duration inflorescence  ≈ 14 - 20 days
  time to bloom from the birth  ≈ 40 days
     
CITES appendix II

    

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