Restrepia muscifera

 Restrepia muscifera

Restrepia muscifera                                                                                                                                                          photo C. Solimbergo
      
taxonomy   described by   (Lindley) Reichenbach f., Heinrich Gustav
  published in Folia Orchidaceae . Restrepia (8) : 2 . 15 January 1859
     
  Family Orchdaceae
  Subfamily Epidendroideae
  Tribe Epidendreae
  Subtribe Pleurothallidinae 
  Genus Restrepia  Kunth 1816
     
  metabolism C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day.
    (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  origin tropical and montane rain forests, in Mexico (Chiapas, Ocosingo, Oaxaca, Guerrero), Guatemala (Zacapa, 
    AltaVerapaz, San Marcos), Honduras (Comayagua, Siguatepeque), El Salvador (Santa Ana, Qietzaltenango),
    Nicaragua (Jinotega, Matagalpa), Costa Rica (Alajuela, Cartago, Guanacaste, Tilaran, Heredia, Barva, 
    Puntarenas, San Josè, Aseni), Colombia (Antioquia), Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe) 
  altitude 135 - 2400 m (445 - 7920 ft) 
  habitat  climate informations from Alejuela, Costa Rica
    Köppen climate classification Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1250 m / 4125 ft)
    Restrepia muscifera a gr uk 
  photoperiod    in Alajuela this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m'
  life form epiphyte   
  brightness  partial shade  
     
inflorescence  lenght 2 cm (0.8") apical  
  flowers 6 - 8, fragrant - they open in sequence  
  size  single flower   1 L 0,7 cm (0.4 L 0.52")
  duration   
  time  
     
CITEX appendix II

 

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