| Macradenia brassavolae | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Botanische Zeitung (Berlin) 10 ( 42 ) : 734 15 october 1852 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Macradenia R. Brown 1822 | |
| 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 | humid forests of Mexico (Quintana Roo), Belize (Toledo, Stann Creek), El Salvador, |
| Nicaragua ( Atlantico Norte), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz), Honduras (Tela, Atlantida), | ||
| Costa Rica (Limòn), Panama (Canal Area, Panamà), Venezuela (Amazonas, Carabobo), | ||
| Colombia (Chocò), Ecuador (Esmeraldas, Los Rios, Manabì, Pichincha), Brazil | ||
| altitude | 0 - 300 m (0 - 990 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from La Ceiba (Atlantida, Honduras) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 150 m / 500 ft ) : |
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| photoperiod | in La Ceiba this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 22 cm (7.2" - 8.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 14 - 18, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 3 L 3.5 cm (1.2" L 1.4") - inflorescence 20 L 7 cm (8" L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
