| Bletia catenulata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Ruiz, Hipòlito Lopez & Pavòn, Josè Antonio |
| published in | Systema Vegetabilium Florae Peruvianae et Chilensis 1 : 229 1798 | |
| taxonomy | Family | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Bletiinae | |
| Genus | Bletia Ruiz & Pavon 1798 | |
| metabolism | C3 pathway, stomata of the leaves are open during the day. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| soluble mineral nutriens are effective both, foliar or on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | humid or swampy forests in Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador (Pastaza, Pichincha, Quito), Peru (Ayacucho, |
| Cusco, Quispicanchis, Urubamba, Huànuco, Junin, Cajamarca, Chanchamayo, Pasco, Oxapampa, Ucayali, | ||
| S. Martin), Brazil (Minas Gerais, Ituiutaba), Bolivia (Santa Cruz, Cochabamba, Ayipaya, Ichilo, Vallegrande) | ||
| altitude | 250 - 2500 m (825 - 8250 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Cajamarca (Cajamarca, Peru) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Bsk, cold-dry steppe climate | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1400 m / 4620 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cajamarca this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 28 m' to 11 h 32 m' | |
| life form | geophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 190 - 210 cm (76" - 84"), basal |
| nr flowers | 30 - 43, one at a time | |
| size | single flower 6 L 7 cm (2.4" L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 120 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 - 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
