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Established Seedlings of
Cattleya maxima 'Peruviana' × 'Portilla's' |
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| Number: |
TN4988 |
| Name: |
Cattleya maxima 'Peruviana' × 'Portilla's'
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| Type: |
outcross (What's that?) |
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Seed Donor: |
Steve Ludlum
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Pod Parent Flowers |
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Culture Notes from Donor: Pod parent plant: Temperature range C (52-70°F). This plant is highly temperature tolerant and can withstand both high light levels and temperatures into the low 40°Fs.
Comments: Pod parent plant: The flowers are a dark rose with brilliant venation. Large plant.
Pollen parent plant: A bifoliate lowland variety with elongated pseudobulbs similar to C. bowringiana. This plant is not fully grown -a mature specimen can produce fifteen or more flowers from a spike. Has large dark-rose flowers. It is an import from western Ecuador. The mature flowers are faintly fragrant, which is unusual in a C. maxima.
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of
Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.
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Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 79°F, nights 53°F; best fit is Cool-Intermediate 75-58°F
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Baker's Web OSC) |
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Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 83°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F
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About the name...
| Etymology of |
Cattleya |
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Named in honor of William Cattley, English horticulturist in the 19th century.
(Source:
Pridgeon 1992) |
| Etymology of |
maxima |
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From Latin "maximus" very large or grand.
(Source:
Mayr & Schmucker 1998) |
| Pronunciation of |
Cattleya |
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KAT-lee-ya
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Pridgeon 1992, Hawkes 1978) |
| Pronunciation of |
maxima |
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MAX-i-ma
(Source:
Hawkes 1978) |
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http://troymeyers.com/d?124988
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ESTABLISHED SEEDLINGS
of these are not currently available, but we have some maturing in the greenhouse and expect to offer them in the future.
There is 1 item with
1 plant per
item that will be considered for sale later.
Click here to see if we have flasks available.
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker
The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.
ORIGIN/HABITAT: Ecuador, Peru, and Colombia. This orchid was originally
discovered in the hot, humid lowlands around Guayaquil, Ecuador. Since
then, it has been found at high elevations on the western slopes of the
Andes in northern Peru, Ecuador, and southern Colombia. Because conditions
in the highland and lowland habitats are so different, we will treat them
as separate species with appropriate climate data for each.
Highland populations are found near El Oro and Loja in southern Ecuador
southward into Peru in the Departments of Cajamarca and Amazonas. Plants
grow in both dry and evergreen forests at 3300–6550 ft. (1000–2000 m).
Visitors to the northern Peru habitat report that most plants grew on long
tree branches at about 5900 ft. (1800 m).
The lowland population is found in southwestern Ecuador, where
temperatures are hot but rainfall is low and humidity is high. Plants grow
on horizontal branches of old trees in a desert or dry cloudforest. They
are usually found near sea level, but they are known to grow as high as
1950 ft. (0-600 m).
Upland variety
More about this information and the Bakers...
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