| Teuscheria cornucopia photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Garay, Leslie Andrew |
| published in | American Orchid Society Bulletin 27 : 820 1959 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Teuscheria Garay 1958 | |
| metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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| (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 | cloud forests in Colombia, Ecuador (Cañar, Carchi, Guayaquil, Los Rios, Montañas de Ila) |
| altitude | 1000 - 1500 m (3300 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Guayaquil (Guayaquil, Ecuador) | |
| 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 1250 m / 4120 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Guayaquil this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 08 m' to 11 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 cm (2.4"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.6" L 0.6") - depth 2.5 cm (1") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 4 - 5 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 15 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
