| Cattleya schofieldiana photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 2 : 808 1882 | |
| 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 | forests, often on moss or lichen covered trees, in Brazil (Espirito Santo) |
| altitude | 300 - 700 m (990 - 2310 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Vitoria (Espiritu Santo, 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 500 m / 1650 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Vitoria this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 21 m' to 10 h 39 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade to sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 - 10 cm (2.4" - 4"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2 | |
| size | single flower 13 L 13 cm (5.2" L 5.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 15 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
