| Bollea lawrenciana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | desribed by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Gardners’s Chronicle, new series 266 1878 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Cymbidieae | |
| Subtribe | Zygopetalinae | |
| Genus | Bollea Reichenbach f. 1852 | |
| 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 | origins | Ecuador and Colombia |
| altitude | ≈ 1500 m (4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Medellin (Antioquia, Colombia) | |
| 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 1500 m / 4950 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Medellin this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 24 m' to 11 h 36 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | low | |
| inflorescence | length | 20 cm (8") basal |
| nr flowers | 1, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 5 L 6 cm (2" L 2.4") | |
| duration | single flower ~ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ~ 30 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
