| Cyrtopodium punctatum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Linnaeus) Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants 188 1833 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Cyrtopodiinae | |
| genus | Cyrtopodium R Brown 1813 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 46 | |
| 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) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | Florida, Carabbean, Cuba, Mexico (Chiapas, Yajalòn, Guerrero, Jalisco, Oaxaca, Sonora, Alamos), |
| Costa Rica (Guanacaste, Bagaces), El Salvador (La Libertad, Nueva San Salvador), Nicaragua (Masaya, Rivas), | ||
| Honduras (Atlantida, La Celiba), Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Imbabura), Peru, | ||
| Bolivia (Cochabamba, Santa Cruz, Chiquitos), Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina (Chaco, Jujuy, Catamarca, Salta) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 2300 m (0 - 7590 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Jujuy (Juiuy, Argentina) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Jujuy this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 36 m' to 10 h 24 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte, litophyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 80 - 100 cm (32" - 40"), basal, erect |
| nr flowers | 56 - 64 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6" L 1.6") - inflorescence 36 L 28 cm (14.4" L 11.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 - 50 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
