| Oncidium sphacellatum | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Sertum Orchidaceum sub . t . 48 1841 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Oncidium Swartz 1800 | |
| metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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| (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 | rain forests in Bahamas, Grenada, Mexico (Champeche, Calakmul, Chiapas, Cintilaba, Ocosingo, Tenejapa, |
| Tila, Jalisco, Oaxaca,Choapan, Ixtlan, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Un-Huatusco), Belize (Cajo, Corozal, Toledo), | ||
| Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Petèn, Zacapa), Honduras (Copàn, Cortès, Danlì), El Salvador (Cabañas), | ||
| Nicaragua (Boaco, Estelì), Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela (Bolivar) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 1825 m (0 - 6022 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Estelì (Boaco, 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 850 m / 2800 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Estelì 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 | 140 - 160 cm (56" - 64"), basal |
| nr flowers | 150 - 180, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 3 L 3 cm (1.2" L 1.2") - inflorescence 100 L 16 cm (40" L 6.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 100 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
