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Cattleya hummeliana

Cattleya × hummeliana is a natural hybrid from northern Brazil, described by Menezes and Castro in 2007. Almost nothing is published about it in the wild; grow it as a warm, humid Amazonian cattleya with bright light and no real winter rest.

At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

No habitat notes were found. Amazonian cattleyas grow as epiphytes high on trees along rivers and in open white-sand forest, in bright light with near-constant humidity.

No elevations are recorded. The stand-in climate site sits at 32 m in the central Amazon lowlands.

Brazil North

🔒 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.