| Cycnoches cooperi photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 1913 : 143 1913 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Catasetinae | |
| genus | Cycnoches Lindley 1832 | |
| 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 Peru (Loreto, San Martin, Huanuco, Puerto Inca, Maynas) |
| altitude | 130 - 238 m (429 - 785 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Iquitos (Loreto, Peru) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 180 m / 600 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Iquitos this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 14 m' to 11 h 46 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 cm (8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 6, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 7 L 7 cm (2.8" L 2.8") - inflorescence 16 L 12 cm (6.4" L 4.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
