| Lophiaris microchila photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Cyrtochilum microchilyum - Oncidium microchilum) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Bateman ex Lindley) Senghas, Karlheinz |
| published in | Schlechter Orchideen I / C ( 33 - 36 ) : 2130 1977 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Oncidium Rafinesque 1838 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. it is useful give the nutriens on the roots. | |
| (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 | debris in pockets of lava flow, Mexico (Chiapas), Guatemala (Cuilco, Cerro, Huehuetenango, Chiquihui), |
| El Salvador (Volcano de Izalco) | ||
| altitude | 600 - 2300 m (1980 - 7590 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Sonsonate (Volcano de Izalco, Sonsonate, El Salvador) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1500 m / 4950 ft) : |
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| photoperiod |
in Sonsonate this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 55 m', to 11 h 05 m' |
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| life form | litophyte or geophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 100 - 110 cm (40" - 44"), basal |
| nr flowers | 80 - 110 | |
| size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") - inflorescence 50 L 20 cm (20" L 8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 - 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
