| Cattleya acklandiae photo Z |
| taxonomy | described by | Planchon, Jules Emile |
| published in | Flores des Senes et des Jardin de l' Europe 7 : 83 august 1851 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Cattleya Lindley 1821, bifoliate | |
| 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 | in dry areas, close to the Atlantic coast, with strong morning dew, in Brazil (Bahia, Espiritu Santo) |
| altitude | 100 - 400 m (330 - 1300 ft) | |
| habitat | habitat climate informations from Salvador (Bahia, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 250 m / 825 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Salvador this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 50 m' to 11 h 10 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 7 cm (2.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 8 L 8 cm (3.2" L 3.2") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
