| Osmoglossum egertonii | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Cuitlauzina egertonii) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Orchids . Monatsschrift der Deutschen für Orchideenkunde 10 ( 7 ) : 166 15 october 1916 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Osmoglossum Schlechter 1922 | |
| 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 | humid forests in Mexico (Chiapas, Ocosingo, Guerrero), Honduras (Tegucigalpa, Francisco Morazàn, |
| Distrito Central), Guatemala (Alta Verapaz, Cobàn, San Marcos, Suchitepeguez), Costa Rica (Puntarenas), | ||
| Nicaragua (Cerro El Sangarro, Nueva Segovia), Panama (Chiriquì),Colombia | ||
| altitude | 350 - 1820 m (1155 - 6000 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Cobàn (Alta Verapaz, Guatemala) |
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Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1100 m / 3630 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Cobàn this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 02 m' to 10 h 58 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 25 cm (10"), basal |
| nr flowers | 5 - 7, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 2 cm (1" L 0.8") - inflorescence 8 L 5 cm (3.2" L 2") | |
| duration | inflorescence length, ~ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
