| Myoxanthus georgei | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | (Luer) Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Selbyana 7 ( 1 ) : 43 1982 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Myoxanthus Poepping & Enlicher 1836 | |
| 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 | cloud and swamp forests in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Zamora-Chinchipe) |
| altitudine | 500 - 1650 m (1650 - 5445 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Zamora (Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador) |
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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 1000 m / 3300 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Zamora this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 07 m' to 11 h 53 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), apical |
| nr flowers | 2 - 4 | |
| size | single flower 0.7 L 0.5 cm (0.28" L 0.2") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
