Cattleya warscewiczii

Cattleya warscewiczii 

Cattleya warscewiczii                                                                                                                                                     photo C. Solimbergo
(Cattleya gigas)   
   
taxonomy described by Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav
  published in      Bonlandia (Hannover)  2 : 112    1854
     
  famigly 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, on trees near streams, in Colombia
  altitude 500 - 1500 m  (1650 - 4950 ft)      
  habitat climate informations from Palmira (Valle del Cauca, 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 1000 m / 3300 ft) :
    Cattleya warscewiczii a gr uk
  photoperiod in Palmira this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 13 m' to 11 h 47 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   sunny to full sun
     
inflorescence    length 12 cm (4.8"), apical
  nr flowers 1 - 3, fragrants
  size single flower  12 L 10 cm  (4.8" L 4")
  duration single flower, ≈ 25 days
  time to bloom from birth, ≈ 150 - 180 days    
     
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