Cycnoches cooperi photo C.Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
published in | Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1913 : 143 1913 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Catasetinae | |
genus | Cycnoches Lindley 1832 | |
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 forests in Peru (Loreto, San Martin, Huanuco, Puerto Inca, Maynas) |
altitude | 130 - 238 m (429 - 785 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Iquitos (Loreto, Peru) | |
Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 180 m / 600 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Iquitos this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 14 m' to 11 h 46 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 20 cm (8"), basal |
nr flowers | 6, fragrant | |
size | single flower 7 L 7 cm (2.8" L 2.8") - inflorescence 16 L 12 cm (6.4" L 4.8") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |