Cochlioda rosea foto C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Bentham, George |
published in | Journal of the Linnean Society : Botany 18 : 327 1881 | |
famigly | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
genus | Cochlioda Lindley 1853 | |
chromosomes | 2n = 56 | |
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 Colombia (Antioquia, Belmira), Ecuador (Loja, Zamora-Chinchipe), |
Peru (Amazonas, Bongarà, Cajamarca) | ||
altitude | 1500 - 3100 m (4950 - 10230 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Cajamarca (Cajamarca, Peru) | |
Köppen climate classification : Bsk, cold-dry steppe climate | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 2300 m / 7590 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Cajamarca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12 ft) basal |
nr flowers | 5 | |
size | single flower 3,5 L 4 cm (1.4" L 1.6") - inflorescence 9 L 8 cm (3.6 L 3.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |