Growing conditions
Intermediate Temperature class
11°C Day/night drop
1,203mm Annual rainfall
Aug Dry rest
Temperature
20°S Southern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,203mm/year Dry rest period: Aug - reduce watering during these months
Jan 26° 26–26 16° 16–17 177mm
Feb 26° 26–27 17° 16–17 109mm
Mar 26° 26–26 16° 16–16 123mm
Apr 25° 25–25 15° 14–15 94mm
May 24° 24–24 13° 12–13 42mm
Jun 22° 22–23 11° 11–12 40mm
Jul 22° 22–23 11° 10–11 36mm
Aug 24° 23–24 12° 11–12 24mm
Sep 24° 23–25 13° 13–13 56mm
Oct 25° 24–26 14° 14–15 123mm
Nov 25° 25–26 15° 15–15 181mm
Dec 26° 26–26 16° 15–16 198mm
Bloom Season
Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Hybrids from Cattleya velutina
As seed parent
Belindaara Jean Mascherin
Brassocattleya Jean Mascherin × Brassavola Helena Vasconcelos
Brassocattleya Veludosa × Brassavola nodosa
Cattleya × bahiensis × Cattleya warneri
Cattleya Albertii (1900) × Cattleya purpurata
Cattleya Autumn Leaves (1960) × Cattleya tenebrosa
Cattleya Carolin Reiber × Cattleya sincorana
Cattleya Carolyn DeSanti × Cattleya Katherine Clarkson
Cattleya Chester Goddard × Cattleya milleri
Cattleya Dayana (1908) × Cattleya crispa
Cattleya Estrella de Otoño × Cattleya Take Five
Cattleya Fascelina × Cattleya Fascelis
Cattleya JEM's Super Velutin × Cattleya schofieldiana
Cattleya Madame Dubarry × Cattleya Edgard Van Belle
Cattleya Memoria Tom Lehrer × Cattleya amethystoglossa
Cattleya Mike Clasen × Cattleya Catherine Patterson
Cattleya Paynterii × Cattleya warneri
Cattleya Proserpine × Cattleya bicalhoi
Cattleya Pulchella × Laelia Crawshayana
Cattleya Velacea × Cattleya violacea
As pollen parent
Belindaara Luna Ahitana
Brassocattleya Luna Ahitana Brassocattleya S. y N. Andr�s Johnson ×
Cattleya × frankeana Cattleya schilleriana ×
Cattleya × paynteri Cattleya labiata ×
Cattleya Acvel Cattleya aclandiae ×
Cattleya Amulet Cattleya Iris 1901 ×
Cattleya Aurora's Kodama Velvet Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop ×
Cattleya Bless Pat Cattleya luteola ×
Cattleya Carlsbad Cattleya xanthina ×
Cattleya Casca Cattleya gaskelliana ×
Cattleya Chippewa Delight Cattleya Eileen Wilson ×
Cattleya Clothilde Cattleya Sunburst 1927 ×
Cattleya Davisii Cattleya Hardyana 1896 ×
Cattleya Downright Cute Cattleya Leafwood Lane ×
Cattleya Farfadet Cattleya mendelii ×
Cattleya Frankeana Cattleya schilleriana ×
Cattleya Frasquita Cattleya bicolor ×
Cattleya Greyae Cattleya granulosa ×
Cattleya Ida Marie Cattleya Callistoglossa ×
Cattleya Ingenuity Spots Cattleya Mark Jones ×