| Dasyglossum confertum |
photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Cyrtochilum confertum) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Koniger, Willibald & Schildhaver, Herbert |
| published in | Arcula, Botanische Abhandungen 1 : 5 1994 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Dasyglossum Koniger & Schildhaver 1994 | |
| 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 | cloud forests, on shrubs, in Ecuador (Azuay, Pastaza, Tungurahua) |
| altitudie | 2500 - 3000 m (8250 - 9900 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cuenca (Azuay, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2750 m / 9075 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cuenca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 52 cm (20.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 30 - 32 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") - inflorescence 23 L 12 cm (9.2" L 4.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | birth to bloom, about 200 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
