| Guarianthe bowringiana photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Cattleya bowringiana) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Veitch) Dressler, Robert Louis & Higgins, Wesley E. |
| published in | Lankasteriana 7 : 38 2003 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Guarianthe Dressler & 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 | on rocks exposed to the sun, in Mexico (Chiapas), Belize (Cajo), Guatemala, Honduras (Ocotepeque, Còpan, Santa Fè) |
| altitude | 210 - 900 m (693 - 2970 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from Santa Rosa de Còpan (Còpan, Honduras) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cwa, humid subtropical climate, with very hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 600 m / 1980 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Santa Rosa de Còpan this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 00 m' to 11 h 00 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brigthness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | 19 - 30 cm (7.6" - 12"), apical |
| nr flowers | 8 - 12 | |
| size | single flower 7 L 7 cm (2.8" L 2.8") - inflorescence 12 L 18 cm (4.8" L 7.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 60 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
