| Xylobium leontoglossum photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Reichenbach f.) Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 5 : 458 1889 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Xylobium Lindley 1825 | |
| 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 | Venezuela (Barinas, Tàchira), Colombia (Antioquia, Cauca, Sonson), Ecuador (Azuay, Cañar, Imbabura, Morona- |
| Santiago, Napo, Pichincha, Quijos, Quito, Sucumbios, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe), Peru (Pasco, Oxapampa) | ||
| altitude | 1000 - 2820 m (3300 - 9300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Rionegro Y Sonson (Antioquia, Colombia) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1900 m / 6300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Sonson this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 24 m' to 11 h 36 m' | |
| life form | epifita | |
| brightness | partial shade to low | |
| inflorescence | length | 15 cm (6"), basal |
| nr flowers | 22 - 26 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 2 cm (0.8" L 0.8") - inflorescence 11 L 6 cm (4.4" L 2.4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
