Cattleya crispata
Cattleya crispata, better known in horticulture as Laelia flava, is a small rock-dwelling orchid endemic to Minas Gerais, Brazil, with upright spikes of yellow flowers. Like the other rupicolous laelias, it grows on sunny rock outcrops in the highlands and has a long, dry winter. At home it wants very bright light, fast-drying roots, cool nights and a proper dry rest.
Where it grows wild
It belongs to the rupicolous laelias, which grow on exposed rock in the highland rock fields (campos rupestres) of Minas Gerais. Plants sit in crevices and on rock faces with little soil, in strong sun and wind. The Portuguese Wikipedia calls it an epiphyte, but the genus-level accounts and its group place it on rock.
The genus species list gives 400–1200 m. The GBIF records span 860–1725 m with a median of 1315 m, so it is mostly a highland plant.
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