Growing conditions
Intermediate Temperature class
966–1,643m Elevation
10°C Day/night drop
1,778mm Annual rainfall
Moderate Rainfall pattern
Temperature
7°N Northern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,778mm/yearJan 27° 24–28 16° 12–18 52mm
Feb 27° 24–28 16° 13–18 75mm
Mar 27° 24–28 17° 13–19 111mm
Apr 26° 23–28 17° 14–19 207mm
May 26° 23–28 17° 14–19 210mm
Jun 26° 23–28 17° 13–18 162mm
Jul 27° 23–28 16° 13–18 120mm
Aug 27° 24–28 16° 12–18 132mm
Sep 27° 24–28 16° 13–18 179mm
Oct 26° 23–27 16° 13–18 259mm
Nov 26° 23–27 16° 13–18 182mm
Dec 26° 23–27 16° 13–18 89mm
Bloom Season
Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Hybrids from Cattleya mendelii
As seed parent
Cattleya Acis (1902) × Cattleya tenebrosa
Cattleya Apelles × Cattleya Whitei
Cattleya Armainvillierensis (1) × Cattleya warscewiczii
Cattleya Atlantic × Cattleya trianae
Cattleya Betsy Portilla × Cattleya iricolor
Cattleya Bromela × Cattleya Triumphans
Cattleya Califa × Cattleya Sir Walter Scott
Cattleya Cora × Cattleya Latona
Cattleya Darren Sullivan × Cattleya Peggy Huffman
Cattleya Darta de Paris × Cattleya Memoria Darta
Cattleya Dulce × Laelia anceps
Cattleya Edala × Cattleya walkeriana
Cattleya Eva's Pasado × Cattleya maxima
Cattleya Farceur × Cattleya Suavior
Cattleya Farfadet × Cattleya velutina
Cattleya G. P. Walker × Cattleya Tityus
Cattleya Gunze Mend Purple × Cattleya Mini Purple
Cattleya Halevy (1900) × Cattleya rex
Cattleya Irma × Cattleya Mrs. Myra Peeters
Cattleya Isenseeaba × Cattleya lobata
As pollen parent
Brassocattleya Mendelosa Brassavola nodosa ×
Brassocattleya Seguinii Brassavola fragrans ×
Cattleya Alcestis Cattleya bicolor ×
Cattleya Aminea Cattleya Hesta ×
Cattleya Anna Pauwels Cattleya Floralies ×
Cattleya Apex Cattleya Enid 1898 ×
Cattleya Apure Cattleya Rajah 1917 ×
Cattleya Arthur N. Cooley Cattleya Clonia ×
Cattleya Avon (1922) Cattleya George Woodhams ×
Cattleya Banksiae Cattleya Katherinae ×
Cattleya Baron Edmond de Rothschild Cattleya Armainvillierensis 1 ×
Cattleya Benenden Cattleya Nella 1911 ×
Cattleya Blackii (1910) Cattleya gaskelliana ×
Cattleya Bridal Veil Cattleya Lady Veitch ×
Cattleya C. G. Roebling (1916) Cattleya harrisoniana ×
Cattleya Cadorna Cattleya Ceres 1900 ×
Cattleya Caer Brito Cattleya J. F. Birkbeck ×
Cattleya Caledonia Cattleya Bletchleyensis 1899 ×
Cattleya Camulos Cattleya Sargon ×
Cattleya Clarissa Cattleya loddigesii ×