| Sigmatostalix eliae photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information Kew 1908 : 416 . 1908 | |
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| Genus | Sigmatostalix Reichenbach f. 1852 | |
| 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 | origin | Colombia, Ecuador (Azuay, Morona-Santiago, Pastaza, Tungurahua, Zamora-Chinchipe), |
| Peru (Amazonas, Pasco, Cajamarca, San Ignacio), Bolivia | ||
| altitude | 1000 - 2200 m (3300 - 7300 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 1600 m / 5300 ft) : | ||
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| 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 | low | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 4 cm (1.6"), basal |
| flowers | 6 - 8 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 1,6 cm (0.8 L 0.64") - inflorescence 5 L 2,5 cm (2 L 1") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
