Growing conditions
Intermediate Temperature class
10°C Day/night drop
1,331mm Annual rainfall
Moderate Rainfall pattern
Temperature
20°S Southern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,331mm/yearJan 26° 26–27 17° 16–17 175mm
Feb 27° 27–27 17° 17–17 96mm
Mar 26° 26–27 17° 16–17 122mm
Apr 25° 25–26 15° 15–15 95mm
May 24° 24–25 13° 13–13 62mm
Jun 22° 22–23 11° 11–12 52mm
Jul 22° 21–22 11° 11–11 57mm
Aug 22° 22–22 12° 12–12 59mm
Sep 22° 22–23 13° 13–14 78mm
Oct 23° 23–24 15° 14–15 138mm
Nov 24° 24–25 16° 15–16 202mm
Dec 26° 25–26 16° 16–16 197mm
Bloom Season
Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Hybrids from Cattleya praestans
As seed parent
Brassocattleya Jurema Da Silva Rodrigues × Cattleya Ayrton Senna
Brassocattleya Maria Valdete Santos Oikawa × Cattleya Orbiter
Cattleya × ericoi × Cattleya warneri
Cattleya × neocalimaniorum × Cattleya xanthina
Cattleya Amigo Mau Fernandez × Cattleya araguaiensis
Cattleya Barbara Tague × Cattleya alaorii
Cattleya Corrupta × Cattleya violacea
Cattleya Croomfieldiensis × Cattleya dowiana [aurea]
Cattleya Darcy Salzl × Cattleya crispata
Cattleya Jurema Da Silva Rodrigues × Cattleya Ayrton Senna
Cattleya Kyoto Purple × Cattleya Dancing Ruby
Cattleya Little Elf × Cattleya rupestris
Cattleya Maria Valdete Santos Oikawa × Cattleya Orbiter
Cattleya Normani Superba × Cattleya dowiana
Cattleya Pink Topaz × Cattleya wittigiana
Cattleya Purple Garnet × Cattleya brevipedunculata
Cattleya Rhodolite × Cattleya cernua
Cattlianthe Kyoto Purple × Cattlianthe Dancing Ruby
Catyclia Ana Maria Costa de Melo × Encyclia dichroma
Encyclia Karina Bueno × Epidendrum robustum¶
As pollen parent
Brassavola Dainty Lady Bc Richard Mueller ×
Brassocattleya Dainty Lady Brassocattleya Richard Mueller ×
Cattleya × zaslawskii Cattleya harpophylla ×
Cattleya Brazilian Fire Cattleya kautskyana ×
Cattleya Concepcion Limbania Zeballos Cattleya Pink Topaz ×
Cattleya Fuchsia Doll (2008) Cattleya Orpetii ×
Cattleya Kokubun Cattleya walkeriana ×
Cattleya Kotan's Ruby Cattleya Beautiful Sunset ×
Cattleya Kruger Girl Cattleya Brazilian Jewel ×
Cattleya Little Knight Cattleya Mini Song ×
Cattleya MJ Quintal Cattleya nobilior ×
Cattleya Petitfleur Cattleya jongheana ×
Cattleya Praestans Love Cattleya Love Knot ×
Cattleya Prim Poppet Cattleya milleri ×
Cattleya Pumistans Cattleya pumila ×
Cattleya QF Ekolu Laelia gouldiana ×
Cattleya Romantic Girl Cattleya Morning Glow ×
Cattleya Valerie Ann Cattleya coccinea ×
Holcoglossum QF Ekolu Laelia gouldiana ×
Renanthera Pink Flame Rhyncholaeliocattleya Haleakala Sunrise ×