| Ixyophora viridisepala photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Chondrorhyncha viridisepala) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Senghas) Dressler, Robert Louis |
| published in | Lankesteriana : La Revista Cientifica 5 ( 2 ) : 95 . August 31 2005 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Zygopetalinae | |
| Genus | Ixyophora Dressler 2005 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (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 | origin | wet montane forests in Colombia (Cauca), Ecuador (Cuenca, Azuay, Morona-Santiago, Napo, Zamora-Chinchipe, |
| Cañar), Peru | ||
| altitude | 900 - 1800 m (3000 - 5900 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Morona (Morona-Santiago, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1350 m / 4455 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Morona this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 09 m' to 11 h 51 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 7 cm (2.8"), basal |
| nr flores | 1 | |
| size | single flower 3,5 L 4 cm (1.4 L 1.6") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 60 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
