| Myoxanthus octomeriae | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | (Schlechter) Luer, Carlyle August |
| published in | Selbiana 7 ( 1 ) : 47 august 1982 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Pleurothallidinae | |
| genus | Myoxanthus Poepping & Endlicher 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 | forests in Mexico (Chiapas, Ocosingo), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Coban), Honduras, Nicaragua (Jinoteca, |
| Matagalpa), Costa Rica (Puntarenas, Cartago), Panama (Chiriquì, Coclè, Canal Area), Venezuela (Barinas) | ||
| altitude | 450 - 1200 m (1485 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Matagalpa (Matagalpa, Nicaragua) |
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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 800 m / 2640 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Matagalpa this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 52 m' to 11 h 08 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 1 cm (0.4"), from the base of the leaf |
| nr flowers | 10 - 14 | |
| size | single flower 1 L 0.7 cm (0.4" L 0.28") - inflorescence 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 10 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 10 - 12 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
