no longer in collection
| Caucaea radiata photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Mansfeld, Rudolf |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis, beihefte 35 : 343 1934 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Caucacea Schlechter 1920 | |
| 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 | origin | cloud forests of Venezuela, Colombia (Popayan, Cauca), Ecuador (Carchi) |
| altitude | 2000 - 2500 m (6600 - 8250 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Popayan (Cauca, Venezuela) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2250 m / 7425 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Popayan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 cm (4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 12 | |
| size | single flower 0.7 L 0.3 cm (0.28" L 0.12") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 120 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
