| Cattleya warscewiczii photo C. Solimbergo |
| (Cattleya gigas) | ||
| taxonomy | described by | Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Bonlandia (Hannover) 2 : 112 1854 | |
| famigly | 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, on trees near streams, in Colombia |
| altitude | 500 - 1500 m (1650 - 4950 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Palmira (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 Palmira this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 13 m' to 11 h 47 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 12 cm (4.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 - 3, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 12 L 10 cm (4.8" L 4") | |
| duration | single flower, ≈ 25 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 150 - 180 days | |
| CITES | appendix | |
