| Guarianthe skinneri photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Cattleya skinneri) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Bateman) 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. |
|
| (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 trunks, branches or granite rocks in Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas), Belize (Cayo, Mt. Augustine Pine Range) |
| Guatemala (Santa Fè), Honduras (Yoro), El Salvador (La Libertad), Nicaragua (Boaco, Matagalpa, | ||
| Nueva Segovia), Costa Rica (S. Josè, Escazù) | ||
| altitude | 100 - 1250 m (330 - 4125 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from San Josè (San Josè, Costa Rica) |
|
|
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 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
 |
||
| photoperiod | in San Josè this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 38 m' to 11 h 22 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 - 12 cm (4" - 4.8"), apical |
| nr flowers | 8 - 12, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 8 L 7 cm (3.2" L 2.8") - diameter 22 cm (8.8") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 200 - 230 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
