Broughtonia sanguinea alba

Broughtonia sanguinea alba 

Broughtonia sanguinea var. alba                                                                                                                           photo C. Solimbergo
   
taxonomy       described by (Swartz) Brown, Robert 
  published in       Hortus Kewensis 5 : 17    1789
    Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew, London 
     
var. alba    color variety 
     
  Family Orchidaceae 
  Subfamily  Epidendroideae
  Tribe Epidendreae
  Subtribe Laeliinae
  Genus Broughtonia  R.Brown 1813
     
  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 origin Carabbian (Jamaica, Cuba)
  altitude 0 - 650 m (0 - 2145 ft)              
  habitat climate informations from Cienfuegos (Cienfuegos, Cuba)
    Köppen climate classification : Aw, tropical savanna climate (with a dry season and a rainy season)
    the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) :
    Broughtonia sanguinea alba a gr uk
  photoperiod in Cienfuegos this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 28 m' to 10 h 32 m'
  life form epiphyte
  brightness   partial shade
     
inflorescence   length 18 - 25 cm  (7.2" - 10"), apical
  nr flowers 4 - 6
  size single flower   4 L 4 cm  (1.6" L 1.6")
  duration inflorescence30 days
  time  to bloom from birth, ≈ 45 - 60 days 
     
CITES appendix II

 

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