| taxonomy |
described by |
(Linnaeus) Dodson, Calaway Homer & Dressler, Robert Louis |
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published in |
Phytologia 24 (4) : 288 . 13 nov 1972 |
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Family |
Orchdaceae |
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Subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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Tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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Subtribe |
Oncidiinae |
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Genus |
Psygmorchis Dodson & Dressler 1972 |
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chromosomes |
2n = 12 |
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metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origin |
tropical, humid forests in Mexico ( Quintana Roo, Chiapas, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Campeche, Tabasco, Veracruz), |
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Belize (Stann Crk, Toledo, Cayo), Guatemale, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Cartago, Jimenez, Osa, |
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Turrialba, Heredia, Sarapiqui, Limon, Talamanca, Puntarenas, San Josè,Turrubares), Panama (Bocas del Toro, |
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Panamà, Canal Area, Coclè, Colon, Darien), Trinidad & Tobago, Colombia (Antioquia, Chocò, Valle del Cauca), |
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Ecuador (Bolivar,Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Guayas, Loja, Los Rios, Manabì, Morona-Santiago, |
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Pastaza, Zamora-Chinchipe), Bolivia (Cochabamba, Carrasco, La Paz, Santa Cruz, , Nuflo de Chavez, Velasco, |
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Beni, Yacuma, Manuripi), Peru (Amazonas, Huanuco, Junin, Loreto, San Martin) |
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altitude |
10 - 180 m (33 - 5940") |
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habitat |
climate informations from El Pujo (Pastaza, Ecuador) |
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Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest |
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(no winter season, more abundant rainfall) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in El Pujo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 05 m' to 11 h 55 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
partial shade |
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| inflorescence |
lenght |
4 cm (1.6"), lenght |
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flowers |
4 - 6 |
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size |
2,3 L 2 cm (0.92 L 0.8") |
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duration |
single flower |
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time |
to bloom from birth ≈ days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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