| Cattleya porphyroglossa photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | Linden, Lucien & Reichenbach, Heinrich Gustav |
| published in | Allgemeine Gartenzeitung 24 : 98 . 1856 | |
| 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 | Tropical rainforests, swampy forests near the coast - On trees or rock outcrop near the ground, in Brazil |
| (Bahia, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, Paranà, Santa Catarina) | ||
| altitude | 300 - 1000 m (1000 - 3300 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Chapecò (Santa Catarina, 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 650 m / 2150 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Chapecò this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 48 m' to 10 h 12 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 6 - 8 cm (2.4 - 3.2"), apical |
| flowers | 2 - 3 | |
| size | single flower 6 L 6 cm (2.4 L 2.4") - inflorescence 8 L 8 cm (3.2 L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 20 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
