| Cattleya jenmanii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Rolfe, Robert Allen |
| published in | Buletin of Miscellaneous Information, Kew 85 1906 | |
| 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 | forests along the rivers in Guyana, Brasil (Roraima), Venezuela Bolivar) |
| altitude | 300 - 600 m (990 - 1980) | |
| habitat | habitat climate informations from Boa Vista (Roraima, Brazil) | |
| 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 450 m / 1485 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Boa Vista this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 11 m' to 11 h 49 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 5 cm (2"), apical |
| nr flowers | 2 - 3, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 10 L 10 cm (4" L 4") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 120 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
