| Cattleya maxima photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchdaceous Plants 116 1831 | |
| 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 inEcuador (El Oro, Guayas, Loja, Guayaquil, Manabì), Peru (Amazonas, Cajamarca, Tumbes, Zarumilla) |
| altitude | 10 - 1500 m (33 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Guayaquil (Guayaquil, Ecuador) | |
| 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 750 m / 2475 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Guayaquil this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 08 m' to 11 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 8 - 10 cm (3.2" - 4"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 - 4, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 16 L 15 cm (6.4" L 6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 - 25 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 180 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
