Cattleya jongheana
A small, one-leaved Cattleya from the mountains of Minas Gerais in Brazil, better known as Laelia or Hadrolaelia jongheana, with very large lavender flowers on a compact plant. It is listed as Vulnerable and on CITES Appendix I after heavy collecting. It comes from the high, seasonally dry uplands, so it wants bright light, cool nights and a dry winter rest.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte on trees in the uplands of Minas Gerais and neighbouring EspÃrito Santo, in the Cerrado and Atlantic Forest domains, according to Brazil's official flora. The compact plant, with short pseudobulbs and a single leaf, suits exposed, well-ventilated perches where it dries quickly after rain or mist.
No elevation data were measured. The mountains of central Minas Gerais where it grows are mostly above 1,000 m, which is why growers treat it as cool to intermediate.
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