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) : | ||
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 | inflorescence ≈ 7 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |