Growing conditions
Intermediate Temperature class
-8–938m Elevation
9°C Day/night drop
1,670mm Annual rainfall
Moderate Rainfall pattern
Temperature
25°S Southern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,670mm/yearJan 29° 28–30 20° 18–21 221mm
Feb 29° 28–30 20° 18–21 211mm
Mar 28° 27–29 20° 17–21 197mm
Apr 26° 25–27 17° 15–19 136mm
May 24° 23–25 15° 12–16 100mm
Jun 22° 21–24 13° 11–14 86mm
Jul 21° 21–24 12° 10–14 80mm
Aug 22° 21–25 14° 11–15 71mm
Sep 23° 21–25 14° 13–16 114mm
Oct 24° 23–26 16° 15–17 151mm
Nov 26° 24–27 17° 16–19 132mm
Dec 27° 27–29 19° 17–20 174mm
Bloom Season
Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Awards
Hybrids from Cattleya forbesii
As seed parent
Anguloa Huerfanita ADV × Bc Richard Mueller
Brassocattleya Chariya × Brassavola venosa
Brassocattleya Dave MacDonald × Brassavola appendiculata
Brassocattleya Frieda Spence
Brassocattleya Huerfanita ADV × Brassocattleya Richard Mueller
Brassocattleya IM Jingwei × Cattleya alaorii
Brassocattleya Marlene Bruning II × Brassavola tuberculata
Brassocattleya Max Schneider × Brassavola martiana
Brassocattleya araujoi × Brassavola tuberculata
Cattleya × cypheri × Cattleya purpurata
Cattleya × dayana × Cattleya guttata
Cattleya × delicata × Cattleya crispa
Cattleya × isabellae × Cattleya intermedia
Cattleya × verelii × Cattleya lobata
Cattleya 23rd WOC Tainan 2024 × Cattleya Tainan City
Cattleya Ai Lin Chew Tan × Cattleya lueddemanniana
Cattleya Alon × Cattleya warneri
Cattleya Alziri × Cattleya Mrs. Mahler [Grossii]
Cattleya Amelia Soria FCA × Epidendrum argentinensis [confusa]
Cattleya Anna Boxall × Cattleya Ardentissima
As pollen parent
Anguloa Ana Marko ADV
Bonatea Playa Arapo Bc Morning Glory ×
Brassocattleya Ana Marko ADV Brassocattleya Huerfanita ADV ×
Brassocattleya Aunty Lu Brassocattleya Rubie's Star ×
Brassocattleya Brazil (1972) Brassavola tuberculata [perrinii] ×
Brassocattleya Laurette Saint-Hilaire Brassocattleya Binosa ×
Brassocattleya Memoria Esperanza Meza Cattleya Oro Verde Variable ×
Brassocattleya Playa Arapo Brassocattleya Morning Glory ×
Brassocattleya Seagulls Surf Brassavola nodosa ×
Brassocattleya Sir Peter Smithers Brassavola flagellaris ×
Bulbophyllum Binot's Secret Epidendrum pachyantha ¶ ×
Cattleya × lucieniana Cattleya granulosa ×
Cattleya × venosa Cattleya harrisoniana ×
Cattleya Alvim Cattleya labiata ×
Cattleya Aqua Tint Cattleya Amelia ×
Cattleya Boniplant Luis Palomino Cattleya Bow Bells ×
Cattleya Camilae Laelia xanthina ×
Cattleya Catahoula Sunset Cattleya Mary Ellen Carter ×
Cattleya Chic Cattleya Laurie Lynn Westenberger ×
Cattleya Ching Li Sa Cattleya walkeriana ×
Synonyms
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