| Oeceoclades monophylla | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | (A.Richard) Garay, Leslie Andrew & Taylor, Peter Geoffrey |
| published in | Botanical Museum Leaflets 24 ( 9 ) : 267 1976 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Eulophiinae | |
| genus | Oeceoclades Lindley 1832 | |
| 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 of Madacascar (Mahajanga, Boeny), Mauritius |
| altitude | ≈ 200 m (660 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Mahèbourg (Gran Port, Mauritius ) |
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Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 200 m / 660 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Mahébourgthis orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 31 m' to 10 h 29 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 15 - 18 cm (6" - 7.2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 9 - 12 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") - inflorescence 7 L 4 cm (2.8" L 1.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 - 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
