not yet in bloom
| Laelia lobata |
| taxonomy | described by | (Lindley) Veitch, Harry James |
| published in | Manual of Orchidaceous Plants Cultivated Under Glass in Great Britain 2 : 74 1887 | |
| family | Orchidaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Laelia Lindley 1831 | |
| 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 | forests of Brazil (now restricted only from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio, facing the oceano) |
| altitude | 200 - 800 m (660 - 2640 ft) | |
| habitat |
climate informations from Cabo Frio (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) |
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Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate, with a long dry season and a rainy season |
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the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 500 m / 1650 ft) : |
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| photoperiod | in Cabo Frio this orchid blooms with a photoperiod, which varies during the year, from 13 h 30 m', to 10 h 30 m' | |
| life form | litophyte | |
| brigthness | sunny to full sun | |
| inflorescence | length | |
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| duration | ||
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
