Cattleya jenmanii photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
published in | Buletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 85 1906 | |
family | Orchidaceae | |
subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
tribe | Epidendreae | |
subtribe | Laeliinae | |
genus | Cattleya Lindley 1821, monofoliate | |
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 | forests along the rivers in Guyana, Brasil (Roraima), Venezuela Bolivar) |
altitude | 300 - 600 m (990 - 1980) | |
habitat | habitat climate informations from Boa Vista (Roraima, Brazil) | |
Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season) | ||
the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 450 m / 1485 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Boa Vista this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 11 m' to 11 h 49 m' | |
life form | epiphyte | |
brightness | sunny | |
inflorescence | length | 5 cm (2"), apical |
nr flowers | 2 - 3, fragrants | |
size | single flower 10 L 10 cm (4" L 4") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
CITES | appendix | II |