| Guarianthe aurantiaca photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Cattleya aurantiaca) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Bateman ex Lindley) Dressler, Robert Louis & Higgins, Wesley E. |
| published in | Lankasteriana 7 : 38 2003 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Guarianthe Dresser & Higgins 2003 | |
| metabolism |
CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. |
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| (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 | rainforests with large excursion temperature, in Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas, Colima, Cupressus), |
| ElSalvador (Sonsonate), Guatemala (Quetzaltenango), Honduras (Yoro), Belize (Cayo), |
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| Nicaragua (Atlantico, Estelì, Leon, Madriz, Managua, Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia) | ||
| altitude | 200 - 1400 m (660 - 4620 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from Belmopan (Cayo, Belize) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 800 m / 2640 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Belmopan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 08 m' to 10 h 52 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte | |
| brightness | sunny to partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 4 - 6 cm (1.6" - 2.4") , apical |
| nr flowers | 7 - 12 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4 cm ( 1.6 L 1.6") - inflorescence L cm | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 220 - 230 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
