| Cuitlauzina pendula | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | decribed by | de La Llave, Pablo & de Lexarza, Juan Josè Martinez |
| published in | Novarum Vegetabilium Descriptiones 2 (orch. opusc.) : 33 1825 | |
| famigly | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| genus | Cuitlauzina La Llave & Lexarza 1825 | |
| 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 | forests in Mexico (Michoacan, Oaxaca, Cuernavaca, Guerrero, Morelos) |
| altitude | 900 - 1400 m (2970 - 4620 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cuernavaca (Morelos, Mexico) | |
| 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 1150 m / 3800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cuernavaca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 14 m' to 10 h 46 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 30 cm (12"), basal |
| nr flowers | 7 - 9, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4,5 cm (1.6" L 1.8") - inflorescence 15 L 9 cm (6" L 3.6") | |
| duration | ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
