| Cochlioda rosea foto C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Bentham, George |
| published in | Journal of the Linnean Society : Botany 18 : 327 1881 | |
| famigly | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Cochlioda Lindley 1853 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 56 | |
| 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 | humid forests in Colombia (Antioquia, Belmira), Ecuador (Loja, Zamora-Chinchipe), |
| Peru (Amazonas, Bongarà, Cajamarca) | ||
| altitude | 1500 - 3100 m (4950 - 10230 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cajamarca (Cajamarca, Peru) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Bsk, cold-dry steppe climate | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2300 m / 7590 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cajamarca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12 ft) basal |
| nr flowers | 5 | |
| size | single flower 3,5 L 4 cm (1.4" L 1.6") - inflorescence 9 L 8 cm (3.6 L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
