Maxillaria parviflora | photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Poepping & Endlicher) Garay, Leslie Andrew |
published in | Botanical Museum Leaflets 21 ( 9 ) : 258 1967 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
genus | Maxillaria 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 | humid riverside forests of Caribbean (Cuba, Portland, St. Andrew), Mexico (Chiapas, Yojos, Ocosingo), |
Belize (Toledo), Guatemala, Honduras (Cortès, Santa Cruz de Yoya, Olancho), Costa Rica (Puntarenas), | ||
Guyana, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivar, Portoguesa, Tàchira), Colombia (Chocò, Bahia Solano, Novita), | ||
Ecuador (Imbabura, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Aguarico, Pastaza, Pichincha, Sucumbios, Zamora-Chinchipe), | ||
Bolivia (La Paz), Brazil | ||
altitude | 0 - 1500 m (0 - 4950 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from Catacamas (Olancho, Honduras) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2500 ft) : |
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photoperiod | in Catacamas this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 58 m' to 11 h 02 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shadeto low | |
inflorescence | length | 0,5 cm (0.2"), basal |
nr flowers | 4 - 6 | |
size | single flower 0.7 L 0.7 cm (0.28" L 0.28") - inflorescence 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8" | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 6 - 8 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |