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Cattleya

Cattleya grandis

Author (Lindl.) A.A.Chadwick

Species
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Found in 3 countries
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Growing conditions

Warm Temperature class
8°C Day/night drop
1,124mm Annual rainfall
Moderate Rainfall pattern

Temperature

16°S Southern Hemisphere
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec13°18°23°28°33°
Day high Night low Range across populations

Rainfall

1,124mm/year
050100150JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecmm
Jan 30° 29–30 21° 21–21 113mm
Feb 30° 29–30 21° 21–22 93mm
Mar 29° 29–30 21° 21–22 106mm
Apr 28° 28–29 20° 20–21 95mm
May 27° 26–28 19° 18–19 66mm
Jun 26° 25–26 17° 17–18 65mm
Jul 26° 25–26 17° 16–18 75mm
Aug 26° 25–26 17° 17–18 60mm
Sep 27° 26–28 18° 18–19 77mm
Oct 27° 27–28 20° 20–20 101mm
Nov 28° 27–29 20° 20–21 143mm
Dec 29° 28–29 21° 21–21 130mm

Seasons are reversed for Northern Hemisphere growers.

Based on 11 locations

Bloom Season

Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.

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Hybrids from Cattleya grandis

As seed parent

Cattleya × cullenii × Cattleya amethystoglossa
Cattleya Helena Baraya × Cattleya dowiana
Cattleya Mantinii × Cattleya purpurata
Cattleya Memoria William Abbott × Cattleya Het-Her
Cattleya Verano × Cattleya tenebrosa
Cattleya Yip Yew Chong × Cattleya violacea
Cattlianthe Orange Crystalline × Cattlianthe Trick or Treat
Cattlianthe Peachy Sunset × Cattlianthe Precious
Catyclia Christopher John × Encyclia tampensis
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Grand Gift × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Gift

As pollen parent

Brassia Owen Leif
Brassocattleya Day and Night Brassocattleya Brazil 1972 ×
Brassocattleya Irigrande Cattleya iricolor ×
Brassocattleya Owen Leif Brassavola Little Stars ×
Cattleya × albanensis Cattleya warneri ×
Cattleya × neocalimaniana Cattleya amethystoglossa ×
Cattleya Albanensis (1895) Cattleya warneri ×
Cattleya Bertha Cattleya schroederae ×
Cattleya Carlos de Abreu Cattleya granulosa ×
Cattleya Ella (1900) Cattleya intermedia ×
Cattleya Hebe (1902) Cattleya mossiae ×
Cattleya Irigrande Cattleya iricolor ×
Cattleya Madame Bienvenu Martin Cattleya Ascania 1893 ×
Cattleya Mossiae (1939) Cattleya lawrenceana ×
Cattleya Pittiana (1894) Cattleya amethystoglossa ×
Cattleya Ragotiana Cattleya cinnabarina ×
Cattleya Varjenevskyana Cattleya labiata ×
Epicattleya Margueritae Epidendrum parkinsonianum ×
Hadrocattleya calimaniana Cattleya amethystoglossa ×
Laelia pittiana Cattleya amethystoglossa ×

Synonyms

Bletia grandisBrasilaelia grandisChironiella grandisHadrolaelia grandisLaelia grandisSophronitis grandis

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