| Brassavola cucullata photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Linnaeus) Brown, Robert |
| published in | Hortus Kewensis 5 : 216 1813 | |
| Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, London (2nd. ed.) | ||
| Family | Orchdaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Sottotribù | Laeliinae | |
| Genus | Brassavola R. Brown 1813 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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| (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 | rain forests of Carabbean (Grenada), Guyana, Suriname, Mexico (Campeche, Cintalapa, Champotòn, |
| Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Ixtap, Quintana Roo, Sinaloa, Yucatan, Vera Cruz, Celestùn, S. Luis Potosì) | ||
| Belize (Cayo, Toledo), Guatemala (Chiquimula, Jalapa, Jutiapa, Petèn, Baja Verapaz, Escuintla), | ||
| Honduras (Ojo de Agua, Comayagua, Santa Barbara), El Salvador (Ahuachapàn, S. Ana), Nicaragua (Estelì, | ||
| Jinotega, Rio San Juan),Costa Rica, Venezuela (Apure, Bolivar) | ||
| altitude | 20 - 1700 m (66 - 5610 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Ciudad Bolivar (Bolivar, Venezuela) |
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| 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 850 m / 2800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Ciudad Bolivar this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 32 m' to 11 h 28 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 18 - 20 cm (7.2" - 8") , from the base of the leave |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 14 L 9 cm (5.6" L 3.6") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 20 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
