| Oncidium splendidum | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| described by | (Duchartre) Richard, Achille | |
| published in | Journal de la Sociedad Impèriale ed Centrale d' Horticulture 8 : 50 1862 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Oncidium Swartz 1800 | |
| chromosomes | 2n = 36 | |
| 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 | tropical moist forests in Messico, Guatemala, Honduras (Tegucigalpa), Nicaragua (Estelì) |
| very rare plant in nature | ||
| altitude | 150 - 1700 m (495 - 5610 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Tegucigalpa (Francisco Morazan, Honduras) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 400 m / 1320 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Tegucigalpa this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 12 h 56 m' to 11 h 04 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 140 - 165 cm (56" - 166"), basal |
| nr flowers | 44 - 53 | |
| size | single flower 5 L 4 cm (2" L 1.6") - inflorescence 70 L 20 cm (28" L 8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
