| Psychopsis papilio photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Jones, Henry G. |
| published in | Journal of Barbados Museum and Historical Society 35 ( 1 ) : 32 1975 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Psychopsis Rafinasque 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 |
forests of Carabbean (Trinidad & Tobago), Guiana, Suriname, Venezuela (Bolivar, Carabobo, |
| Lara, Merida, Miranda, Monagas, Trujillo), Colombia, Ecuador, Peru | ||
| altitude | 460 - 1200 m (1520 - 3960 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from San Cristobal (Merida, Venezuela) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 850 m / 2800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in San Cristobal this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 30 m' to 11 h 30 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 70 - 90 cm (28" - 36"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, one at a time, for years | |
| size | single flower 12 L 11 cm (4.8" L 4.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 - 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
