| Systeloglossum ecuadorense photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Garay) Dressler, Robert Louis & Williams, Noris H. |
| published in | American Orchid Society Bulletin 39 : 326 1970 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Systeloglossum Schlechter 1923 | |
| 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 | rainforest in Ecuador (Morona-Santiago, Pastaza) |
| altitude | 1000 - 1500 m (3300 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from El Puyo (Pastaza, Ecuador) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1250 m / 4125 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in El Puyo this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 10 m' to 11 h 50 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 40 - 50 cm (16" - 20"), basal |
| nr flowers | 20 - 24, one at a time | |
| size | single flower 3 L 1 cm (1.2" L 0.4") - depth 1.5 cm (0.6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
