| Cattleya forbesii photo C.Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Collectanea Botanica sub t . 37 1821 | |
| 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 | on rocks or bushes, in swampy areas and forests riverbanks in Brazil, (Rio de Janeiro, Lagoa, |
| Botagogo Bay, Biosin, São Paulo, Juquià, Paranà, Santa Catarina) | ||
| altitudine | 0 - 200 m (0 - 660 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Indaial (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 100 m / 330 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Indaialthis orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 46 m' to 10 h 14 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 7 cm (2.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 2 - 4, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 8 L 7 cm (3.2" L 2.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
