not yet in bloom
| Cattleya elongata |
| taxonomy | described by | Barbosa Rodriguez, João |
| published in | Genera et Species Orchidearum Novarum 1 : 72 1877 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| 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 | origins | forests of Brazil (Bahia, at the Rio S. Francisco, Palmeiras, Mucugê, Serra do Sincorà, Piatã, |
| Morro do Pai Inàcio, Rio Mucugezinho, Abaira, Serra de Santana, Rio de Contas, Lençòis) | ||
| altitude | 650 - 1400 m (2145 - 4620 ft) | |
| habitat | habitat climate informations from Itacarè (Bahia, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Af, humid tropical climate of the rainforest | ||
| (no winter season, more abundant rainfall) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Itacarè this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 57 m' to 11 h 03 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | |
| nr flowers | ||
| size | ||
| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
