| Cattleya dowiana var. aurea photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Bateman, James |
| published in | The Gardners' Chronicle & Agricultural Gazette 922 1866 | |
| var. aurea | described by | Williams, Samuel Benjamin & Moore, David |
| published in | Orchid Album 2 : t . 84 1883 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Cattleya 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 | forest in Colombia (Antioquia) |
| altitude | 600 - 1600 m (1980 - 5280 ft) | |
| habitat | habitat climate informations from Rio Negro (Antioquia, 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 1100 m /3630 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Rio Negro this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 24 m' to 11 h 36 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 cm (4.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 12 L 10 cm (4.8" L 4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 90 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
