| Cattleya quadricolor photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Cattleya chocoensis) |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Paxton's Flower Garden 247 1853 | |
| 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, branches high, on tall trees, in Colombia (Risaralda, Valle del Cauca, Pereira, Zarzal) |
| altitude | 600 - 1500 m (1980 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Tulua (Valle del Cauca, Colombia) | |
| 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 Tulua this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 16 m' to 11 h 44 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny | |
| inflorescence | length | 6 - 7 cm (2.4" - 2.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrant | |
| size | single flower 11 L 12 cm (4.4" L 4.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 40 - 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
