| Maxillaria pachyphylla, var. brunneofusca | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | descrbed by | (Hoehne) Schlechter, Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Boletim do Museu de Rio de Janeiro 12 ( 2 ) : 36 1936 | |
| var. brunneofusca | described by | Hoehne, Frederico Carlos |
| published in | Boletim do Museu de Rio de Janeiro 12 ( 2 ) : 37 1936 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Maxillaria Ruiz & Pavon 1794 | |
| 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 | primary forests in Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, SãoPaulo, Santa Catarina) |
| altitude | 400 m (1320 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Aracatuba (São Paulo, Brazil) |
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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 400 m / 1320 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Aracatuba this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 24 m' to 10 h 36 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 1.3 L 1.5 cm (0.52" L 0.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 10 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
