Cattleya porphyroglossa photo C. Solimbergo |
taxonomy | described by | Linden, Lucien & Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
published in | Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 24 : 98 . 1856 | |
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 | Tropical rainforests, swampy forests near the coast - On trees or rock outcrop near the ground, in Brazil |
(Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paranà, Santa Catarina) | ||
altitude | 300 - 1000 m (1000 - 3300 ft) | |
habitat | climate informations from Chapecò (Santa Catarina, 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 650 m / 2150 ft) : | ||
photoperiod | in Chapecò this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 48 m' to 10 h 12 m' | |
life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
brightness | partial shade | |
inflorescence | lenght | 6 - 8 cm (2.4 - 3.2"), apical |
flowers | 2 - 3 | |
size | single flower 6 L 6 cm (2.4 L 2.4") - inflorescence 8 L 8 cm (3.2 L 3.2") | |
duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
CITES | appendix | II |