Growing conditions
Warm Temperature class
0–800m Elevation
10°C Day/night drop
1,641mm Annual rainfall
Seasonal Rainfall pattern
Temperature
18°N Northern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,641mm/yearJan 28° 27–29 18° 16–20 61mm
Feb 29° 28–30 18° 16–20 44mm
Mar 31° 29–32 20° 18–21 33mm
Apr 32° 31–34 21° 20–22 41mm
May 33° 31–35 23° 21–23 98mm
Jun 32° 30–34 23° 21–23 233mm
Jul 32° 30–33 22° 21–23 208mm
Aug 32° 30–33 22° 21–23 204mm
Sep 31° 30–33 22° 21–23 276mm
Oct 30° 29–31 21° 20–22 245mm
Nov 29° 28–30 20° 18–21 123mm
Dec 28° 27–29 19° 17–20 76mm
Bloom Season
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Awards
ACM / AOC 2007 'Crystal'
81.00 points Exhibited by Darr T. QLD 17 October 2007
Measurements
Flower size 70 × 51 mm Petals 37 × 11 mm Dorsal sepal 33 × 12 mm Lateral sepals 34 × 15 mm Lip 40 × 25 mm
4 inflorescences 12 flowers 422 buds
Sepals & petals purple-violet 80C, overlaid greyed orange 172A at tips, fading to greyed orange 171B at tips and to purple-violet 80C. Labellum purple-violet 80C, overlaid greyed orange 171B, veined purple-violet 81A: tip greyed orange 164C, tipped purple-violet 80C. Fifty four inflorescences, average 12 flowers each: total 208 open flowers/ 422 buds. Stems 100-190cm.
View on AOC website ↗Hybrids from Myrmecophila tibicinis
As seed parent
Caulophila Ipo × Caularthron bicornutum
Guaricatophila Maria Alejandra × Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop
Myrmecocattleya Billie Pickell × Cattleya guttata
Myrmecocattleya Claudia Elena × Cattleya dowiana
Myrmecocattleya Emma Solossa × Cattleya Penny Kuroda Penny Kuroda Gp
Myrmecocattleya Keith Goldson × Cattleya Memoria Tom Fennell
Myrmecocattleya Marcela Coutanceau × Cattleya Walkerinter
Myrmecocattleya Memoria Louise Fuchs × Cattleya bicolor
Myrmecocattleya Milagro Rosa × Cattleya gaskelliana
Myrmecocattleya Perfection × Cattleya loddigesii
Myrmecocattleya RIO'S Majestic × Cattleya violacea
Myrmecocattleya RIO's Pink Delight × Cattleya nobilior
Myrmecocattleya Spirightly Jaguar × Cattleya aclandiae
Myrmecolaelia Claudio Rossi × Laelia anceps
Myrmecolaelia Ruby Ray × Laelia undulata
Myrmecophila Tibiana × Myrmecophila thomsoniana
Rhynchomyrmeleya Graf's Aventura × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Yen Corona
Rhynchomyrmeleya Isthatso × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Lester McDonald
Rhynchomyrmeleya Rio's Florida Thrill × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Hawaiian Thrill
Stormara Turabo's Sunset × Rhyncattleanthe Netrasiri Starbright
As pollen parent
Guaricatophila Cielo Rojo Cattlianthe Mini Doris ×
Guaricatophila Graf's Bell Cattlianthe Gold Digger ×
Guaricatophila Graf's Caribicinis Cattlianthe Graf's Caribe ×
Guaricatophila Graf's Escondite Cattlianthe Anduril ×
Guaricatophila Jairak Carmine Cattlianthe Ploenpit Fantasy ×
Guaricatophila Jessica Granzin Cattlianthe Bactia ×
Guaricatophila RIO's Summer Sunset Cattlianthe Blazing Treat ×
Guaricatophila Rubycinis Cattlianthe Ruby's Delight ×
Guaricatophila SunCoast's Hot Lava Stars Cattlianthe Rojo ×
Myrmecatavola BAMA Brassocattleya Memoria Vida Lee ×
Myrmecatavola Frances Fox Brassocattleya Polka Dot ×
Myrmecatavola Glos' Sintesa Exotica Brassocattleya Binosa ×
Myrmecatavola Tiger Lily Brassocattleya Richard Mueller ×
Myrmecatyclia Icha Dwi Wahyu Catyclia Purple Glory ×
Myrmecavola Christian Fun Brassavola nodosa ×
Myrmecocattleya Anne Gripp Cattleya Helen Veliz ×
Myrmecocattleya Beth Sadacca Cattleya forbesii ×
Myrmecocattleya Bordighera Cattleya intermedia ×
Myrmecocattleya Calista Cattleya Brabantiae ×
Myrmecocattleya Cinnamon Tower Cattleya Thospol Spot ×