| (Cycnoches ventricosum) |
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| taxonomy |
described by |
Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
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published in |
Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10 ( 42 ) : 734 1852 |
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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 |
forests in Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca), Belize (Cayo, Toledo, Stann Creek), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Petèn), |
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Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua (Boaco, Matagalpa), Costa Rica, Panama (Chiriquì, Panamà, Coclè, Darièn) |
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altitude |
400 - 909 m (1320 - 3000 ft) |
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habitat |
climate informations from Belmopan (Cayo, Belize) |
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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 650 m / 2145 ft) : |
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photoperiod |
in Belmopan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' |
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life form |
epiphyte |
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brightness |
sunny |
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| inflorescence |
length |
12 - 15 cm (4.8" - 6"), from the upper nodes |
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nr flowers |
2 - 3 |
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size |
single flower 11 L 12 cm (4.4" L 4.8") |
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duration |
single flower, ≈ 14 - 18 days |
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time |
to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 60 days |
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| CITES |
appendix |
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