Bletia catenulata

Bletia catenulata 

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) :
    Bletia catenulata a gr uk
  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

         

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