| Guarianthe skinneri forma albescens photo C. Solimbergo | ||
| (Cattleya skinneri albescens) |
| taxonomy | described by | (Bateman) Dressler, Robert Louis & Higgins Wesley E. |
| published in | Lankasteriana 7 : 38 2003 | |
| forma albescens | color variety | |
| 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 trunks, branches or granite rocks, in Mexico (Oaxaca, Chiapas), Belize (Cayo, Mt. Augustine Pine Range), |
| Guatemala (Santa Rosa), Honduras (Yoro), El Salvador (La Libertad), Nicaragua (Boaco, | ||
| Matagalpa, Nueva Segovia), Costa Rica (S.Josè, Escazù) | ||
| altitudine | 100 - 1250 m (330 - 4125 ft) | |
| climate |
climate informations from San Cristobal de la Casas (Chiapas, Mexico) |
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| Köppen climate classification : Cwb, humid subtropical climate, with hot summer | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1200 m / 3960 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in San Cristobal de la C. this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 06 m' to 10 h 54 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brigthness | sunny to partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 10 cm (4"), apical |
| nr flowers | 1 - 2, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 12 L 12 cm (4.8" L 4.8") | |
| duration | inflorence, ≈ 30 days | |
| time | from bloom to birth ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
