| Zygostates grandiflora photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Mansfeld, Rudolf |
| published in | Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis 44 (111 - 114) : 58 - 59 . 31 maggio 1938 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Oncidiinae | |
| Genus | Zygostates Lindley 1837 | |
| 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 | Brazil (Espirito Santo, Rio de Janeiro - Organ Mt.) |
| elevation | 0 - 1000 m (0 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Petropolis (Rio de Janeiro, Organ Mt.) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Petropolis this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 29 m' to 10 h 31 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low or partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 12 cm (4.8"), basal |
| flowers | 8 - 12 | |
| size | single flower 1,5 L 1 cm (0.6 L 0.4") - inflorescence 9 L 5 cm - (3.6 L 2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ~ 90 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ~ 150 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
