Cattleya schroederae

Cattleya schroederae

Cattleya schroederae                                                                                                                                                      photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy     described by  Sander, Henry Frederick Conrad
  published in     Reichenbachia 3 : 37   1892
     
  family Orchdaceae
  subfamily   Epidendroideae
  tribe Laeliinae
  subtribe Catleya 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 Colombia, humid forests on the Cordillera Oriental (Cesar, from San Martin to Cazanare)             
  altitude 500 – 1500 m ? (1650 - 4950 ft ?)      
  habitat climate informations from Villavicencio, 50 km. /30 miles, from San Martin (Cesar, Colombia)
    Köppen climate classification : Cfb, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) :
    Cattleya schraederae a gr uk
  photoperiod in Villavicencio this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 16 m' to 11 h 44 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness partial shade
     
inflorescence     length 8 – 10 cm, (3.2" - 4") apical
  nr fiori 1
  misure single flower, 11 L 11 cm (4.4" L 4.4")
  durata  
  attesa to bloom from birth, ~ days
     
CITES appendix II

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