Sievekingia fimbriata foto C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | Flora 69 : 449 - 450 1886 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Stanhopeinae | |
genus | Sievekingia Reichenbach f. 1871 | |
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 in Costa Rica (Cerro Congo, Llanuras de Sarapiqui), Panama (Coclè, Panamà) |
altitude | 875 - 1000 m (2887 - 3300 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from San Josè (San Josè, 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 950 m / 3100 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in San Josè 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 | low | |
inflorescence | length | 6 - 7 cm (2.4" - 2.8"), basal |
nr flowers | 4, fragrants | |
size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2"" L 1.2") - inflorescence 6,5 L 6.5 cm (2.6" L 2.6") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 2 - 3 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |