Cattleya loddigesii

Cattleya loddigesii

Cattleya loddigesii                                                                                                                                                           photo C. Solimbergo 
      
taxonomy   described by   Lindley, John
  published in Collectanea Botanica t . 37 . 1823 
     
  family  Orchdaceae
  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  origin humid forests, on trees or roks outcroping, along medium sized rivers, in Brasil (São Paulo Rio Pinheiras, 
    Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paranà), Argentina, Paraguay
  altitude climate informations from Conselheiro Paulino (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
    Köppen climate classification Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 850 m / 2800 ft)
    Cattleya loddigesii a gr uk 
  photoperiod  in Cons. Paulino this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 29 m' to 10 h 31 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness  partial shade
     
inflorescence   lenght  apical
  size single flower   inflorescence
  time to bloom from birth ~  days
     
CITES appendix II

 

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