| (Cycnoches egertonianum) |
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| taxonomy |
described by |
Rolfe, Robert Allen |
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published in |
Lindenia 7 : 29, t . 301 1891 |
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family |
Orchidaceae |
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subfamily |
Epidendroideae |
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tribe |
Cymbidieae |
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subtribe |
Catasetinae |
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genus |
Cycnoches Lindley 1832 |
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metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) |
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it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. |
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| native of |
origins |
humid forests in Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Tabasco), Belize (Toledo), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), |
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Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua (Rivas, Jinotega), Costa Rica, Panama (San Blas, Panamà, Coclè, |
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El Valle de Anton, Gatun Lake, Chiriquì), Colombia (Antioquia, Valle del Magdalena), |
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Ecuador (Morona-Santiago), Peru, Brazil |
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altitude |
0 - 1800 m (0 - 5940 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Segovia (Antioquia, Colombia) |
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Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Segovia this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
length |
20 - 23 cm (8" - 8.12"), from the upper nodes |
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nr flowers |
15 - 18 |
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size |
single flower 4 L 3.5 cm (1.6" L 1.4") - inflorescence 20 L 6 cm (8" L 2.4") |
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duration |
inflorescence ≈ 15 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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