Growing conditions
Cool Temperature class
12°C Day/night drop
971mm Annual rainfall
Jun, Jul, Aug Dry rest
Temperature
10°S Southern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
971mm/year Dry rest period: Jun, Jul, Aug - reduce watering during these months
Jan 21° 21–21 10° 10–10 138mm
Feb 20° 20–20 10° 10–10 149mm
Mar 21° 21–21 10° 10–10 142mm
Apr 22° 22–22 9° 9–9 74mm
May 22° 22–22 9° 9–9 41mm
Jun 22° 22–22 7° 7–7 21mm
Jul 21° 21–21 7° 7–7 25mm
Aug 22° 22–22 8° 8–8 25mm
Sep 22° 22–22 9° 9–9 54mm
Oct 22° 22–22 10° 10–10 83mm
Nov 22° 22–22 10° 10–10 90mm
Dec 22° 22–22 10° 10–10 129mm
Bloom Season
Based on 189 Cattleya awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Awards
AM / AOC 2012 'Muse'
80.00 points Exhibited by Martin G. NT 2 September 2012
Measurements
Flower size 118 × 120 mm Petals 62 × 32 mm Dorsal sepal 61 × 20 mm Lateral sepals 56 × 19 mm Lip 49 × 30 mm
2 inflorescences 3 flowers 3 buds
Segments purple 78B grading to purple 76B. Labellum red-purple 71A with white 155B and yellow 7A. Two inflorescences, 3 flowers/ 3 buds. Stem 114mm.
View on AOC website ↗Hybrids from Cattleya violacea
As seed parent
Brassocattleya Anne Hamilton × Brassavola nodosa
Brassocattleya Makobu × Cattleya Tian Mu Sesame
Cattleya Adelaide Riley × Laelia undulata
Cattleya Aileen Chew × Cattleya amethystoglossa
Cattleya Angelito del Cafetal × Cattleya luteola
Cattleya Bauru
Cattleya Beautiful Kaylila × Cattleya Quinquecolor
Cattleya Celia (1895) × Cattleya tenebrosa
Cattleya Dago Red × Cattleya milleri
Cattleya Dancing Queen × Cattleya Dubiosa 1890
Cattleya Diego de Lozada × Cattleya Semaphore
Cattleya Divine Lace
Cattleya Etona × Cattleya Cinnabrosa
Cattleya Euphrasia × Cattleya warscewiczii
Cattleya Harold Book × Cattleya Schilleriana gx
Cattleya Jairak Fuchsia × Cattleya Sea Breeze
Cattleya Jose's Sugar Plum × Cattlianthe Bactia
Cattleya Little Island × Cattleya Ida Elizabeth
Cattleya Maia Joy × Cattleya walkeriana
Cattleya Makobu × Cattleya Tian Mu Sesame
As pollen parent
Aerides Jose's Mind Bc Mililani Star ×
Belindaara Kamala Jivaraju
Bonatea Playa Los Cocos Bsn Maikai ×
Brassocatanthe Playa Los Cocos Brassanthe Maikai ×
Brassocattleya Angie Schneider Brassavola ovaliformis ×
Brassocattleya Jose's Mind Brassocattleya Mililani Star ×
Brassocattleya Jose's Violee Brassocattleya Memoria Vida Lee ×
Brassocattleya Kamala Jivaraju Brassocattleya Katherine H. Chatham ×
Bulbophyllum Baby Lipstick Cattleya Claesiana ×
Cattleya × brymeriana Cattleya wallisii ×
Cattleya × hummeliana Cattleya lawrenceana ×
Cattleya × labendziana Cattleya nobilior ×
Cattleya Acbar Cattleya Ingramii ×
Cattleya Adam's Whisper Cattlianthe Camille Brandon ×
Cattleya Adventure Cattleya Majestic 1928 ×
Cattleya Amazing Match Cattleya Mini Collins ×
Cattleya Argosy (1893) Cattleya Lord Rothschild ×
Cattleya Armando Planchart Cattleya Loddigrella ×
Cattleya Arthur T Ramirez Cattleya Orpetii ×
Cattleya Baby Lipstick Cattleya Claesiana Alba ×