Cycnoches cooperi

 Cycnoches cooperi

Cycnoches cooperi                                                                                                                                                            photo C.Solimbergo
   
taxonomy        described by Rolfe, Robert Allen
  published in       Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew  1913 : 143    1913
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Catasetinae
  genus Cycnoches  Lindley 1832
     
  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 Peru (Loreto, San Martin, Huanuco, Puerto Inca, Maynas)
  altitude  130 - 238 m  (429 - 785 ft)  
  habitat climate informations from Iquitos (Loreto, Peru)
    Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest
    (no winter season, more abundant rainfall)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 180 m / 600 ft) :
    Cycnoches cooperi a gr uk
  photoperiod in Iquitos this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 14 m' to 11 h 46 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   sunny
     
inflorescence    length 20 cm (8"), basal
  nr flowers     6, fragrant
  size single flower  7 L 7 cm  (2.8" L 2.8") - inflorescence  16 L 12 cm  (6.4" L 4.8")
  duration inflorescence30 days 
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days     
     
CITES appendix II

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