Notylia barkeri | photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | Edwards' s Botanical Register 24 : misc. 90 dec. 1838 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Cymbidieae | |
subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
genus | Notylia Lindley 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 | humid forests in Mexico (Champeche, Chiapas, Oaxaca, Quintana Roo, Tabasco, Tuxtepec, Chis), |
Belize (Cajo, Corozal, Stann Creek, Toledo), Guatemala (Petèn, Escuintla, Izabal), Honduras (Comayagua, | ||
Cortés), Nicaragua, Costa Rica (Alajuela), Panama (Canal Area, Chiriquì, Veraguas), Peru (Junin) | ||
altitude | 40 - 1220 m (132 - 4026 ft) | |
habitat |
climate informations from San Pedro Sula (Cortés, Honduras) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : |
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photoperiod | in San Pedro Sula this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 01 m' to 10 h 59 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | partial shade to low | |
inflorescence | length | 22 - 25 cm (8.8" - 10"), basal |
nr flowers | 80 - 110 | |
size | single flower 0.5 L 0.4 cm (0.2" L 0.16") - inflorescence L cm | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |