Growing conditions
Intermediate Temperature class
0–1,001m Elevation
11°C Day/night drop
1,372mm Annual rainfall
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec Dry rest
Temperature
14°N Northern Hemisphere Day high Night low Range across populations
Rainfall
1,372mm/year Dry rest period: Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, Dec - reduce watering during these months
Jan 28° 27–29 16° 14–19 8mm
Feb 29° 27–30 16° 14–19 6mm
Mar 31° 29–32 18° 16–20 10mm
Apr 32° 30–33 19° 17–22 30mm
May 31° 29–32 20° 18–22 154mm
Jun 30° 28–30 20° 18–21 252mm
Jul 29° 28–31 19° 18–21 179mm
Aug 29° 28–31 19° 18–21 197mm
Sep 29° 27–30 19° 18–21 281mm
Oct 28° 27–30 19° 17–21 200mm
Nov 28° 26–29 18° 16–20 44mm
Dec 28° 26–29 16° 15–19 13mm
Bloom Season
Based on 2 Clowesia awards. Showing genus-level data.
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Awards
HCC / AOC 1987 'Dundas'
0.00 points Exhibited by Sheaves H.E. NSW 23 February 1987
Measurements
Flower size 42 × 39 mm Petals 32 × 18 mm Dorsal sepal 32 × 13 mm Lateral sepals 32 × 10 mm Lip 32 × 18 mm
63 flowers
Entire flower white with green group 141 C bars with general flush of green group 140D. Greyed purple 185B veining in labellum and on tips of sepals. Two spikes carried a total of 63 flowers (29 & 34). Flowers well presented on pendulous spikes. AJ.
View on AOC website ↗Hybrids from Clowesia russelliana
As seed parent
Clowesetum B-C Solstice × Catasetum Dark Odyssey
Clowesetum Black Jade × Catasetum expansum
Clowesetum Blood and Glory × Catasetum saccatum
Clowesetum Cheryl Erins × Catasetum tigrinum
Clowesetum Craig David × Catasetum schunkei
Clowesetum De La Sierra × Catasetum bicolor
Clowesetum FT × Catasetum Breckinridge Onyx
Clowesetum Frilly Russ × Catasetum Frilly Doris
Clowesetum JEM's Fallen Angel × Catasetum schmidtianum
Clowesetum JEM's Speckled Russ × Catasetum denticulatum
Clowesetum Jumbo Tender × Catasetum tenebrosum
Clowesetum Memoria Robbie Robinson × Catasetum galeritum
Clowesetum Raymond Lerner × Catasetum pileatum
Clowesetum Regina Soares × Catasetum juruenense
As pollen parent
Clowenoches Jumbo Pixie Cycnoches stenodactylon ×
Clowenoches Jumbo Russe Cycnoches Jumbo Dragon ×
Clowenoches Lunar Cheese Cycnoches haagii ×
Clowesetum B-C Stonehenge Clowesetum Jumbo Circle ×
Clowesetum Cipactli Catasetum integerrimum ×
Clowesetum Dina Soloff Clowesetum Sandy Kasner ×
Clowesetum Jumbo Apollo Catasetum fimbriatum ×
Clowesetum Jumbo Rusk Catasetum atratum ×
Clowesetum Rocky Clough Catasetum Rocky's Ruby ×
Clowesetum Selva Negra Catasetum sanguineum ×
Clowesia Joe Betts Clowesia warczewitzii ×
Clowesia Mark Margolis Clowesia thylaciochila ×
Clowesia Megan Clowesia rosea ×
Fredclarkeara B-C Skylark Fredclarkeara Chee Chong ×
Mormodia B-C Thomas Mormodes Mark Mills ×
Mormodia Jumbo Eva Mormodes badia ×