Growing conditions
Cool Temperature class
0–2,257m Elevation
16°C Day/night drop
726mm Annual rainfall
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec Dry rest
Temperature
21°N Northern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
726mm/year Dry rest period: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Nov, Dec - reduce watering during these months
Jan 22° 20–24 5° 4–7 16mm
Feb 24° 22–25 6° 5–7 9mm
Mar 27° 25–28 8° 6–9 7mm
Apr 28° 26–30 10° 9–12 16mm
May 29° 27–31 12° 11–14 40mm
Jun 27° 25–29 13° 12–15 118mm
Jul 25° 23–27 13° 12–15 172mm
Aug 25° 23–27 13° 11–14 151mm
Sep 24° 23–26 12° 11–14 125mm
Oct 24° 22–26 10° 9–12 48mm
Nov 24° 22–25 7° 6–9 14mm
Dec 22° 21–24 6° 5–8 10mm
Bloom Season
Based on 25 Laelia awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Hybrids from Laelia speciosa
As seed parent
Cattleya Cosmo-Special Inter × Cattleya intermedia
Cattleya Kristina Guthrie × Cattleya coccinea
Cattleya Purple May × Cattleya purpurata
Cattleya Venustula × Cattleya xanthina
Oncidium Cosmo-Special Inter × Cattleya intermedia
As pollen parent
Cattleya Al Sciurba Cattleya gloedeniana ×
Cattleya Asako Ikawa Cattleya Jose Pinho ×
Cattleya Ballet Folklorico Cattleya Song of Norway ×
Cattleya Eumaea Cattleya trianae ×
Cattleya Jeanine Spacone Cattleya Irene Finney 1964 ×
Cattleya Jill Gaspar Cattleya Issy ×
Cattleya Julia Oldenburg Cattleya Orpetii ×
Cattleya Juno Cattleya mossiae ×
Cattleya Monsieur Dutremblay Cattleya cinnabarina ×
Cattleya Opopeo Cattleya loddigesii ×
Cattleya Pan Am Cattleya pumila ×
Cattleya Special Max Cattleya maxima ×
Cattleya Tacuba Cattleya milleri ×
Chiloschista RIO's Salsa Rmy Zamboanga ×
Epidendrum Pan Am Cattleya pumila ×
Habenaria Julia Oldenburg Cattleya Orpetii ×
Laecholaelia Thwaitesii Rhyncholaelia digbyana ×
Laelia × eyermanniana Laelia albida ×
Laelia Charm Laelia autumnalis ×
Laelia Eyermanniana Laelia albida ×