| Cryptocentrum latifolium photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Schlechter, Friedrich Richard Rudolf |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 19 : 247 1923 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| subtribe | Maxillariinae | |
| genus | Cryptocentrum, Bentham 1883 | |
| 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 of Costa Rica (Alajuela, San Ramon, Heredia, San Josè), Panama (Coclè, Chiriquì), |
| Colombia, Ecuador (Cañar, Cotopaxi, Guayar, Imbabura, Los Rios, Manabì, Pichincha, Esmeraldas) | ||
| altitude | 200 - 1700 m (660 - 5610 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from El Copè (Coclè, Panama) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in El Copè this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 33 m' to 11 h 27 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 4,5 - 5 cm (1.8" - 2"), basal |
| nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 1.5 L 0.8 cm (0.6" L 0.32") | |
| duration | single flower ≈ 14 days | |
| time | from birth to bloom, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
