| Tolumnia pulchella photo C. Solimbergo | |
| (Oncidium pulchellum) |
| taxonomy | desribed by | (Hooker) Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel |
| published in | Flora Telluriana 2 : 101 1836 (january - march 1837) | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Tolumnia Rafinesque 1837 | |
| chromosones | 2n = 42 | |
| 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 Carabbeans, Jamaica (Brown’ s Town, Manchester, Cockpit Country, Mandeville), Cuba, Guyana |
| altitude | 300 - 800 m (990 - 2400 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Mandeville (Manchester, Jamaica) |
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| 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 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Mandeville this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 32 m' to 11 h 28 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 length cm (3.2"), axillary |
| nr flowers | 2 | |
| size | single flower 2,5 L 1,5 cm (1" L 0.6") | |
| duration | single flower | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
