Bletia catenulata photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Ruiz, Hipòlito Lopez & Pavòn, Josè Antonio |
published in | Systema Vegetabilium Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis 1 : 229 1798 | |
taxonomy | Family | Orchidaceae |
Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
Tribe | Epidendreae | |
Subtribe | Bletiinae | |
Genus | Bletia Ruiz & Pavon 1798 | |
metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
(K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
native of | origin | humid or swampy forests in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Pastaza, Pichincha, Quito), Peru (Ayacucho, |
Cusco, Quispicanchis, Urubamba, Huànuco, Junin, Cajamarca, Chanchamayo, Pasco, Oxapampa, Ucayali, | ||
S. Martin), Brazil (Minas Gerais, Ituiutaba), Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Ayipaya, Ichilo, Vallegrande) | ||
altitude | 250 - 2500 m (825 - 8250 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 1400 m / 4620 ft) : | ||
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 | geophyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 190 - 210 cm (76" - 84"), basal |
nr flowers | 30 - 43, one at a time | |
size | single flower 6 L 7 cm (2.4" L 2.8") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 120 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 120 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |