| Mesospinidium incantans | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 1 : 586 1880 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Mesospinidium Reichenbach f. 1852 | |
| 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) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | cloud forests in Colombia (Antioquia), Ecuador (Cotopaxi, Esmeraldas, Los Rios, Napo, Pichincha, |
| Zamora-Chinchipe), Bolivia (Cochabamba) | ||
| altitude | 400 - 1400 m (1320 - 4620 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador) | |
| 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 900m / 2970 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Zamora this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 06 m' to 11 h 54 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 26 - 38 cm (10.4" - 15.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 18 - 24 | |
| size | single flower 1.4 L 1 cm (0.56" L 0.4") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
