Cattleya alaorii is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil (Bahia).[1]
The species was named after Mr. Alaor Oliveira, former employee at the University of São Paulo at Piracicaba, who first collected this species in a field excursion in the late 1960s.
It was discovered in the 1970s in an isolated mountain chain near Itabuna, Bahia state. It grows in the very wet Bahia coastal forests ecoregion of the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira). It is found in rainforests at about 600 metres (2,000 ft) above sea level.
The plants are epiphytes in tall trees up to 40 metres (130 ft) high, and grow in the top branches where they get a fair amount of light. Their environment is always foggy and minimum temperatures in winter are never less than 15 °C (59 °F).
Cattleya alaorii is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil (Bahia).
The species was named after Mr. Alaor Oliveira, former employee at the University of São Paulo at Piracicaba, who first collected this species in a field excursion in the late 1960s.
La Cattleya alaorii es una especie de orquídea epífita que pertenece al género de las Cattleya.
Es una orquídea de tamaño pequeño de hábitos crecientes de epífita que tiene una sola inflorescencia de flores resultante de un pseudobulbo de nueva formación con una sola hoja que florece en cualquier época del año con una sola inflorescencia de flores.[1]
Se encuentra en Brasil.
Cattleya alaorii fue descrita por (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg y publicado en Neodiversity: A Journal of Neotropical Biodiversity 3: 4. 2008.[2]
Cattleya: nombre genérico otorgado en honor de William Cattley orquideólogo aficionado inglés,[3]
alaorii: epíteto otorgado en honor de Laelia Alaori (coleccionista brasileño de especies a finales de 1900)[1]
La Cattleya alaorii es una especie de orquídea epífita que pertenece al género de las Cattleya.
Vista de la florCattleya alaorii, thường được biết đến với tên the Laelia alaorii, là một loài lan đặc hữu của Brasil (Bahia). Nó được phát hiện vào thập niên 1970 trên vùng núi gần Itabuna, Bahia.
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