| Cattleya loddigesii photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Lindley, John |
| published in | Collectanea Botanica t . 37 . 1823 | |
| family | Orchdaceae | |
| 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 | origin | humid forests, on trees or roks outcroping, along medium sized rivers, in Brasil (São Paulo Rio Pinheiras, |
| Rio de Janeiro, Bahia, Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais, Paranà), Argentina, Paraguay | ||
| altitude | climate informations from Conselheiro Paulino (Rio de Janeiro, 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 850 m / 2800 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Cons. Paulino this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 29 m' to 10 h 31 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | apical |
| size | single flower inflorescence | |
| time | to bloom from birth ~ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
