| Zygostates lunata photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 2 : sub t . 1927 . 1837 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| Genus | Zygostates Lindley 1837 | |
| 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 | origin | mixed shadowing forests, on mossy trees, in the Atlantic rainforest (Mata Atlantica) of Brazil (Litoral, Serra do Mar, |
| Primeiro e Segundo Planalto, Paranà, Santa Catarina, São Paulo, Bananal District, Serra do Japi, Tapirai, | ||
| Rio de Janeiro, Minas Gerais, Espirito Santo, Bahia) | ||
| rare plant in nature | ||
| altitude | 60 - 750 m (200 - 2500 ft) ? | |
| habitat | climate informations from Bananal District (São Paulo, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Bananal this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m' to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 10 - 13 cm (4 - 5.2"), axillary |
| flores | 32 - 40 | |
| size | single flower 0,6 L 0,7 cm (0.24 L 0.28") - inflorescence 7 L 3 cm (2.8 L 1.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 50 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
