Cattleya granulosa photo Z |
taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
published in | Edwards's Botanical Register 28 : t . 1 1842 | |
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 | close to the Atlantic coast, in swampy hot umid forests in Brazil (Pernambuco, Paraiba, Cear, |
perhaps even in Piauì, Rio Grande du Norte, Bahia) | ||
altitude | 600 - 900 m (1980 - 2970 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Fortaleza (Cearà, Brasile) | |
Köppen climate classification : As, humid tropical climate, without a winter season, steppe climate, semiarid | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 750 m / 2500 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Fortaleza this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 14 m' to 11 h 46 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 6 cm (2.4"), apical |
nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
size | a flower 13 L 11 cm (5.2" L 4.4") | |
duration | single flower, ≈ 20 - 25 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 70 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |