Cattleya maxima

Cattleya maxima

Cattleya maxima                                                                                                                                                              photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy      described by Lindley, John
  published in      The Genera and Species of Orchdaceous Plants  116    1831
     
  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 inEcuador (El Oro, Guayas, Loja, Guayaquil, Manabì), Peru (Amazonas, Cajamarca, Tumbes, Zarumilla)
  altitude 10 - 1500 m  (33 - 4950 ft)        
  habitat climate informations from Guayaquil (Guayaquil, Ecuador)
    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 750 m / 2475 ft) :
    Cattleya maxima a gr uk
  photoperiod in Guayaquil this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 08 m' to 11 h 52 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness    sunny
     
inflorescence   length 8 - 10 cm  (3.2" - 4"), apical
  nr flowers 1 - 4, fragrants
  size single flower  16 L 15 cm  (6.4" L 6")
  duration inflorescence20 - 25 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 180 days 
     
CITES appendix II

  

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