Growing conditions
Cool Temperature class
695–1,474m Elevation
11°C Day/night drop
1,328mm Annual rainfall
May, Jun, Jul, Aug Dry rest
Temperature
18°S Southern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,328mm/year Dry rest period: May, Jun, Jul, Aug - reduce watering during these months
Jan 26° 25–27 16° 14–16 280mm
Feb 26° 25–27 16° 15–16 141mm
Mar 26° 24–27 16° 15–16 153mm
Apr 25° 23–26 14° 13–14 65mm
May 24° 22–25 12° 12–12 27mm
Jun 23° 21–24 10° 10–10 7mm
Jul 22° 21–23 9° 9–10 7mm
Aug 24° 22–25 11° 10–11 12mm
Sep 25° 23–26 12° 12–13 41mm
Oct 26° 24–27 15° 13–15 115mm
Nov 25° 23–26 16° 14–16 218mm
Dec 25° 24–26 16° 14–16 262mm
Bloom Season
Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Hybrids from Cattleya esalqueana
As seed parent
Cattleya × marciae × Cattleya briegeri
Cattleya Brabant Elf × Cattleya Brabantiae
Cattleya First Fire × Cattleya mantiqueirae
Cattleya Haffner × Cattleya aurantiaca
Cattleya Jungle Elf × Cattleya aclandiae
Cattleya Mariechen × Cattleya Thospol Spot
Cattleya Memoria Alvin Begeman × Cattleya Beaufort
Cattleya Mervyn Roper × Cattleya coccinea
Cattleya Salquwalk × Cattleya walkeriana
Cattleya Tartlet × Cattleya crispata [flava]
Cattleya Tidy Tot × Cattleya cernua
Cattlianthe Haffner × Guarianthe aurantiaca
Cattlianthe Jet Fire × Cattlianthe Hazel Boyd
Laelia Tartlet × Laelia flava LAELIOCATONIA
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Mara Charm × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Pastoral
As pollen parent
Cattleya Alpine Rose Cattleya sincorana ×
Cattleya Aurora's Esalq-F91 Cattleya Francis T. C. Au ×
Cattleya Florence Grace Jones Cattleya Grodske's Gold ×
Cattleya Impish Grin Cattleya luteola ×
Cattleya Memoria Tou Ko Cattleya Psyche ×
Cattleya Orglade's Goldburst Cattleya forbesii ×
Cattleya Queada Cattleya bicalhoi ×
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Maude Altman Rhyncholaeliocattleya Waikiki Gold ×