| no longer in collection | ||
| Cattleyopsis lindenii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Cogniaux, Celestin Alfred |
| published in | Symbolae Antillanae seu fundamenta florae Indiae Occidentalis 6 : 544 1910 | |
| famigly | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Cattleyopsis Lindley 1853 | |
| 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 | origin | on trees or shrubs, near the coast of Cuba and Bahamas in semi-arid environments |
| altitude | 0 - 200 m (0 - 660 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos, Cuba) | |
| 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 50 m / 165 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cienfuegos this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 110 - 150 cm (44 - 500 ft), apical |
| nr flowers | 18 - 21 | |
| size | single flower 2 L 3,3 cm (0.8" L 1.32") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 180 - 210 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
