| Mormolyca ringens | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Die Orchideen 436 1914 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Mormolyca Fenzl 1850 | |
| 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 in Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Ocosingo, Champeche, Tabasco), Belize (Cajo, Toledo), |
| Guatemala (Izabal, Petèn, Sacatepèquez), Honduras (Cortès), El Salvador, Nicaragua (Jinoteca, Zelaya), | ||
| Costa Rica (Guanacaste), Panama, Venezuela (Bolivar) | ||
| altitude | 60 - 1300 m (198 - 4300 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Tuxla Gutiérrez (Chiapas, Mexco) |
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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 600 m/ 1980 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Tuxla Gutiérrez this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 20 cm (7.2" - 8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 3 L 1 cm (1.2" L 0.4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
