| Cyrtidiorchis frontinoensis photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Garay) Rauschert, Stephan |
| published in | Taxon 31 ( 3 ) : 560 1980 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Cyrtidiorchis Rauschert 1982 | |
| 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, Frontino, Santander) |
| altitude | 1400 - 2400 m (4620 - 7920 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bucaramanga (Santander, 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 1900 m / 6300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bucaramanga 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 | 3 cm (1.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 2.5 cm (1.6" L 1") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 160 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
