| Brassia arcuigera photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' s Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 388 10 april 1869 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| Genus | Brassia R.Brown 1813 | |
| 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 | rain forests in Mexico, Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Alajuela, Upala, Guanacaste, Tilaràn), |
| Panama (Coclè, Panamà, Chepo, Santa Fe), Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Azuay, Guaranda, | ||
| Piñas, Cañar, Chimborazo, Cotopaxi, El Oro, Esmeraldas, Los Rios, Morona-Santiago, Napo, | ||
| Pastaza, Pichincha), Peru | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1200 m (0 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Esmeraldas (Esmeraldas, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Esmeraldas this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 02 m' to 11 h 58 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 24 - 32 cm (9.6" - 12.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 6 - 9, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 18 L 14 cm ( 7.2" L 5.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 18 - 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
