| Chaubardia heteroclita photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Poepping & Endlicher) Dodson, Calaway Homer & Bennett, David jr. |
| published in | Icones Plantarum Tropicarum ser. 2 1 : pl. 23 1989 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Zygopetalinae | |
| genus | Chaubardia Reichenbach f. 1852 | |
| 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) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins |
humid forests in Ecuador (Zamora-Chinchipe, Morona-Santiago), Peru (Junin, San Martin) ,
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Bolivia (Cochabamba, Ayopaya, La Paz), Brazil
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| altitude | 980 - 2100 m (3234 - 6930 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cochabamba (Cochabamba, Bolivia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cochabamba this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 09 m' to 10 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 cm (3.2"), basale |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 3 cm (2" L 1.2") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 18 - 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 - 25 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
