Growing conditions
Cool Temperature class
0–2,148m Elevation
15°C Day/night drop
980mm Annual rainfall
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec Dry rest
Temperature
19°N Northern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
980mm/year Dry rest period: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec - reduce watering during these months
Jan 22° 21–25 6° 4–10 21mm
Feb 24° 22–26 7° 5–10 10mm
Mar 26° 24–28 8° 6–12 8mm
Apr 28° 26–30 10° 8–13 14mm
May 28° 26–31 12° 10–15 53mm
Jun 26° 24–28 13° 12–16 164mm
Jul 24° 23–27 13° 11–15 212mm
Aug 24° 23–27 13° 11–15 199mm
Sep 24° 22–26 13° 11–15 182mm
Oct 24° 22–26 11° 9–13 80mm
Nov 23° 22–26 9° 7–12 25mm
Dec 23° 21–25 7° 5–10 13mm
Bloom Season
Based on 12 Prosthechea awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Awards
HCC / AOC 1999 'Louanne'
76.60 points Exhibited by Banks D. NSW 18 October 1999
Measurements
Flower size 62 × 79 mm Petals 44 × 24 mm Dorsal sepal 46 × 20 mm Lateral sepals 46 × 20 mm Lip 55 × 25 mm
Segments yellow 12A. Labellum yellow-orange 23A (centre) yellow-orange 13B (distal end). One flower. Stem 75mm.
View on AOC website ↗Hybrids from Prosthechea citrina
As seed parent
Cattleychea Butleri × Cattleya schilleriana
Cattleychea Canary × Cattleya Cinnabrosa
Cattleychea Deception × Cattleya tenebrosa
Cattleychea Frank Sellmeyer × Cattleya Bound Brook
Cattleychea Freak × Cattleya purpurata
Cattleychea Judith Ann Sellmeyer × Cattleya granulosa
Cattleychea Lamberhurst Hybrid × Cattleya intermedia
Prosrhyncholeya München Seventy-Eight × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Golden Galleon
Prosrhyncholeya SunCoast Citron × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Waikiki Gold
Prosthechea Hilda × Prosthechea vitellina
As pollen parent
Cattleychea Beverly Beach Cattleya Leigh Ann Blackmore ×
Cattleychea Canary (1921) Cattleya dowiana ×
Cattleychea Citriform Cattleya forbesii ×
Cattleychea Isabelle Incandela Cattleya Andre Baumann ×
Cattleychea Ivory Bells Cattleya Esbetts ×
Cattleychea Seraph Cattleya Elegans 1879 ×
Cattleychea Shakersii Cattleya aclandiae ×
Prosrhyncholeya Calypso Belle Rhyncholaeliocattleya Memoria Helen Brown ×
Prosrhyncholeya Citrina Rhyncholaeliocattleya Jessopii ×
Prosrhyncholeya Citron Bell Rhyncholaeliocattleya Fortune ×
Prosthechea Marina Prosthechea mariae ×
Prosthechea Rêves des bois Prosthechea radiata ×
Prosyclia Max and Bryon Encyclia pachyantha ×