| Comparettia macroplectron photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav & Triana, Josè Jeronimo |
| published in | The Gardeners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1 : 398 1877 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Comparettia Poepping & Endlicher 1836 | |
| 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 | on bushes, along watercourses, northern Colombia (Boyaca, Meta, Cundinamarca), Bolivia |
| altitude | 1000 - 1800 m (3300 - 6000 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Girardot (Cundinamarca, Colombia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1400 m / 4620 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Girardot this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 17 m' to 11 h 43 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 40 - 52 cm (16" - 20.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 17 - 24 | |
| size | single flower 3.5 L 2.5 cm (1.4" l 1") - spur 4 cm (1.6") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 60 - 80 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
