Cattleya coccinea
Cattleya coccinea, long grown as Sophronitis coccinea, is a miniature epiphyte with scarlet flowers from the misty montane Atlantic Forest of southern and southeastern Brazil and Misiones, Argentina. It grows on mossy branches in cool, cloud-bathed forest and never has a real dry season. Keeping it cool, constantly humid and well aired is the whole challenge, and warm, stuffy conditions kill it.
Where it grows wild
It grows as an epiphyte in the Atlantic Forest. It is typical of misty, high-humidity cloud forest, usually on mossy twigs and branches in the lower to middle canopy, where fog and drizzle keep the roots damp and the air moves constantly.
Reported at about 650–1670 m, and in Rio Grande do Sul typically above 800 m. The GBIF records range from near sea level to 2248 m with a median of 1200 m. The few low records are probably from cool, humid southern sites.
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