| Psychopsis kramerianum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Jones, Henry G. |
| published in | Novosti Sistematiki Vysshchikh Rastenii 12 : 141 1975 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Psychopsis Rafinesque 1838 | |
| 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 | rainforests in Costa Rica (Heredia, Limòn, Puntarenas), Panama (Bocas del Toro), |
| Ecuador (Chimborazo, El Oro, Guayas, Los Rios, Manabì, Talamanca), Colombia | ||
| altitude | 60 - 620 m (198 - 2050 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Puerto Limòn (Limòn, Costa Rica) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (without a winter season, more and abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 350 m / 1155 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Puerto Limòn this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 40 m' to 11 h 20 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 35 - 50 cm (14" - 20"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1, one at a time for years on the same stem | |
| size | single flower 10 L 10 cm (4" L 4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 - 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
