| Ionopsis utricularioides photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Swartz) Lindley, John |
| published in | Collectanea Botanica 8 : t . 39, f . A jan. 1826 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Ionopsis Hooker 1815 | |
| 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 |
humid forests in Florida, Caribbean (Jamaica, St. Andrew, Mona, Brown Town), Puerto Rico (Rio Grande), |
| Trinidad & Tobago, Mexico (Chiapas, Guerrero, Tabasco, Oaxaca, Nayarit, Yucatan, Quintana Roo), Honduras, | ||
| Belize (Cajo, Toledo), Guatemala (Izabal, Petèn), Nicaragua, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia (Antioquia), | ||
| Ecuador (Manabì, Los Rios, Esmeraldas, El Oro, Galapagos), Peru, Bolivia (Beni, La Paz, Nuflo de Chavez), | ||
| Brazil, Paraguay. | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1500 m ( 0 - 4950 ft) | |
| 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) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2475 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' | |
| life form | epiphytic | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 - 38 cm (12" - 15.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 21 - 34 | |
| size | single flower 0.8 L 1.2 cm (0.32" L 0.48") - inflorescence 12 L 5 cm (4.8" L 2") | |
| duration | ≈ 50 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
