Cattleya diamantinensis

Cattleya diamantinensis (described as Hoffmannseggella diamantinensis) is a natural hybrid of C. pfisteri and C. sincorana from the Chapada Diamantina of Bahia. Both parents grow in the sunny campos rupestres there, so it wants very bright light, warm days, cool nights and a dry season.

At home, aim for

Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry

Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry

Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry

Light Full sunDLI and PPFD in Plantistry

Expects a seasonal restGrows on rock (lithophyte)

Where it grows wild

Treated as a lithophyte of the Chapada Diamantina rock fields, where both parents occur on sunny rock and among shrubs; no habitat account for the hybrid itself was found.

No elevation published that we could reach; the Chapada Diamantina rock fields where the parents grow lie at roughly 900–1400 m.

Brazil Northeast (Bahia)

🔒 Growing it like that

The wild conditions above, turned into targets for a shelf, a tent or a greenhouse. The full profile has:

✓ Day and night temperature targets, and the limits it tolerates

✓ Humidity band, and how to hold it

✓ Light as DLI and PPFD for a grow light

✓ Wet and dry seasons, and whether to rest it

✓ Substrate and airflow

✓ A step-by-step setup to grow it like the wild

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Profiles are drafts built from measured range and climate and from published sources; each section carries its own confidence in the app.