| Oncidium ornithorhyncum | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Oncidium sotoanum, for its pink flowers ?) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | von Humboldt, Friedrih Wilhelm Heindrich Alexander |
| Bonpland, Aimè Jaques Alexandre | ||
| Kunth, Karl Sigismund | ||
| published in | Nova Genera et Species Plantarum (quarto ed.) 1 : 345 - 346 , t . 80 August 1816 | |
| Oncidium soteanum | described by | Jimènez Machorro, Rolando & Hàsaten Gatenberg, Eric |
| published in | Lankesteriana : La Revista Cientifica 9 ( 3 ) : 415 - 419 , f . 4 , 5 21 January 2010 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Oncidium Swartz 1800 | |
| metabolism |
C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. |
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| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
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soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. |
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| native of | origins | humid forests in Mexico (Chiapas, Oaxaca, Veracruz, Escuintla, Ocosingo, Palenque, |
| Tuxtla, Tehuantepèc), Guatemala (Quichè, Sacatepèquez, Tajumulco, Jinotega), | ||
| El Salvador (Ahuachaàn), Nicaragua (Jinotega), Costa Rica, Panama (Chiriquì), Colombia | ||
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rare plant in the wild
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| altitude | 710 - 1450 m (2343 - 4785 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Jinotega (Jinotega, 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 1000 m / 3300 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Jinotega 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 | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 - 37 cm (12" - 14.8"), basal |
| nr flowers | 45 - 60, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2.7 L 2.3 cm (1.08" L 0.92") - inflorescence 12 L 7 cm (4.8" L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 100 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
