Chytroglossa aurata

Chytroglossa aurata

Chytroglossa aurata                                                                                                                                                        photo C. Solimbergo
     
taxonomy described by Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in        Hamburger Garten - und Blumenzeitung   40 : 546    1863
     
  family Orchidaceae
  subfamily Epidendroideae
  tribe Cymbidieae
  subtribe Oncidiinae
  genus Chytroglossa  Reichenbach f. 1863
     
  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 Brazil (Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo)
  altitude 700 - 1100 m  (2300 - 3600 ft)       
  habitat climate informations from Itapeva (São Paulo, Brazil)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 900 m / 2970 ft) :
    Chytroglossa aurata a gr uk
  photoperiod in Itapeva this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 34 m' to 10 h 26 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    low
     
inflorescence    length 3,5 - 4 cm  (1.4" - 1.6"), basal
  nr flowers 3 - 4 
  size single flower  1.7 L 0.8  (0.68" L 0.32") - inflorescence  4 L 3 cm  (1.6" L 1.2")
  duration the inflorescence, ≈ 30 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ days 
     
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