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Cattleya iricolor 'MC645' × self
 
 
 
 
Number: TN1784
Name: Cattleya iricolor 'MC645' × self
Type: self    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Dale Borders
 
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Pod Parent Flowers
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Pod Parent Capsules at 452 days
 
 
Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range I (60-83°F)
 
Comments: A seldom grown semi-miniature Cattleya.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:
For Species:   Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 79°F, nights 62°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Genus:   Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter: days average 83°F, nights 60°F; best fit is Intermediate 83-60°F ( )

About the name...
Etymology of Cattleya   Named in honor of William Cattley, English horticulturist in the 19th century. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of iricolor   From Latin "iricolor" rainbow-colored, multi-hued. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Cattleya   KAT-lee-ya (Sources: Pridgeon 1992, Hawkes 1978)
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Flask Information
Availability: We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should: Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask.
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You may also place a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know.

You may reserve a flask, but it's very unlikely you'll get one ...this could only happen if we found a flask that we didn't know we had.
Yield Estimate: 360 plants (based on flask surveys done 06/17/2004 through 03/15/2005)
Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes: From many flasks 10 - 40 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 02/09/2005 through 11/09/2005)
From one most recently surveyed flask 25 - 40 mm (11/09/2005)
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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. Plants were originally discovered in about 1870 at an undisclosed site. The species was then lost to cultivation and not even mentioned in the literature from 1893 until 1969. In 1962 it was rediscovered in the eastern foothills of the Andes at 1500-3300 ft. (450-1000 m) growing on tall trees in valleys south of Puyo. The habitat, which extends about 31 mi. (50 km) north and south of Puyo, habitat has high year-round rainfall. Bergstrom (1989) reported finding a form of this species in northern Peru near Huánuco. He stated that this species also grows in abundance further south on the road from Tingo Maria through Divisoria at 3950-5600 ft. (1200-1700 m), although most plants were seen at 4900-5250 ft. (1500-1600 m). Plants grow on trees, usually within easy reach of the ground, in a region where the climate is moderate and the humidity very high. However, Rolando (1990) indicated that the Peruvian variety of Cattleya iricolor is actually the recently described new species Cattleya mooreana Withner, Allison, and Guenard.
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