| Scaphosepalum rapax photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Selbyana 3 (1/2) : 36 . 1976 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| Genus | Scaphosepalum Pfitzer 1888 | |
| 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 | humid forests, on fellen trees, in Ecuador (Napo, Pastaza, Sucumbios, Zamora-Chinchipe, |
| Cordillera del Cóndor) | ||
| altitude | 450 - 1200 m (1490 - 4000 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| 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 | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 4 cm (1.6") |
| flores | 4 - 6, on raeme | |
| size | single flower 0,5 L 1,2 cm (0.2 L 0.48") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 8 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
