Growing conditions
Intermediate Temperature class
10°C Day/night drop
1,365mm Annual rainfall
Seasonal Rainfall pattern
Temperature
23°S Southern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,365mm/yearJan 30° 27–31 19° 17–21 198mm
Feb 30° 27–31 20° 17–21 187mm
Mar 29° 27–30 19° 17–20 174mm
Apr 27° 25–28 17° 14–19 110mm
May 26° 24–27 15° 12–17 66mm
Jun 25° 23–26 13° 12–15 51mm
Jul 25° 23–26 13° 11–15 41mm
Aug 25° 24–26 14° 12–15 40mm
Sep 26° 25–26 15° 13–16 60mm
Oct 26° 24–27 16° 14–18 103mm
Nov 27° 25–28 17° 16–19 137mm
Dec 28° 26–29 19° 16–20 198mm
Bloom Season
Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Awards
AM / AOC 2023 'Neve'
80.50 points Exhibited by Allen J. NSW 21 February 2023 Special judging
Measurements
Flower size 94 × 105 mm Petals 54 × 24 mm Dorsal sepal 53 × 22 mm Lateral sepals 48 × 23 mm Lip 45 × 24 mm
10 flowers
Total Number of inflorescences 1, Total flower count 10, Number of flowers on relevant inflorescence 10, length of relelvant inflorescence 250mm. Single inflorescence of 250mm on a 560mm pseudobulb. Arranged evenly well presented for the species. Sepals red/purple N74B whole flower has extremely good texture. labellum Red/Purple N74B on the outside of trumpet with inside White N155B with yellow 3C in throat, with Orange N25C Callus.
View on AOC website ↗Hybrids from Cattleya harrisoniana
As seed parent
Brassocattleya Lim Guat Bee × Brassavola grandiflora
Cattleya × brasiliensis × Cattleya bicolor
Cattleya × isaacii × Cattleya jongheana
Cattleya × kautskyi × Cattleya labiata
Cattleya × pittiana × Cattleya schilleriana
Cattleya × venosa × Cattleya forbesii
Cattleya Albania × Cattleya O'Brieniana
Cattleya Ali Elizabeth Johnston × Cattleya alaorii
Cattleya Amaryllosa × Cattleya crispata [flava]
Cattleya Anhanguera × Cattleya Souvenir de Louis Sander
Cattleya Ashley Matherne × Cattleya tigrina [leopoldii]
Cattleya Ashtoniana × Cattleya warscewiczii
Cattleya Aurora's Rupesoniana × Cattleya rupestris
Cattleya Bertii × Cattleya labiata
Cattleya C. G. Roebling (1916) × Cattleya mendelii
Cattleya Celia (1920) × Cattleya Lady Veitch
Cattleya Chamberlainiana (1898) × Cattleya coccinea
Cattleya Confusa × Cattleya pumila
Cattleya Cranstouniae × Cattleya tenebrosa
Cattleya Cyril × Cattleya percivaliana
As pollen parent
Barkeria Giuliana Orquisan
Brassavola South Miami
Brassia Sandra Orquisan-Mlm Cattleya Aloha Case ×
Brassocattleya Cosmo-Dosa Brassocattleya Okamodosa ×
Brassocattleya Delfina Orquisan-Mlm Brassavola flagellaris ×
Brassocattleya Giuliana Orquisan Brassavola ceboletta ×
Brassocattleya Nonna Olga Brassavola tuberculata [perrinii] ×
Brassocattleya South Miami Brassavola nodosa ×
Cattleya × colnagiana Cattleya granulosa ×
Cattleya × duveenii Cattleya guttata ×
Cattleya × itabapoanaensis Cattleya porphyroglossa ×
Cattleya Alvim Seidel Cattleya lundii ×
Cattleya Arethusa Cattleya Exoniensis 1863 ×
Cattleya Astron Cattleya Undine ×
Cattleya Brazilian Midway Cattleya loddigesii ×
Cattleya Cantiana Cattleya George Woodhams ×
Cattleya Cragmore Cattleya Elissa 1934 ×
Cattleya Cypheri (1907) Cattleya Hardyana 1896 ×
Cattleya Don Steele Cattleya Purple Fantasy ×
Cattleya Elsie Kimberly Cattleya Henrietta Japhet ×