| Chytroglossa aurata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Hamburger Garten - und Blumenzeitung 40 : 546 1863 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Chytroglossa Reichenbach f. 1863 | |
| 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 | Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo) |
| altitude | 700 - 1100 m (2300 - 3600 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Itapeva (São Paulo, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Itapeva this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 34 m' to 10 h 26 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 3,5 - 4 cm (1.4" - 1.6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 3 - 4 | |
| size | single flower 1.7 L 0.8 (0.68" L 0.32") - inflorescence 4 L 3 cm (1.6" L 1.2") | |
| duration | the inflorescence, ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
