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Cattleya neokautskyi

Cattleya neokautskyi is the new name Van den Berg gave to Laelia kautskyi when it moved to Cattleya. It is a small epiphytic cattleya from the mountains of Espírito Santo and Rio de Janeiro. It is usually grouped with C. harpophylla and C. kettieana, which grow in humid, partly shaded montane forest, and it wants intermediate temperatures, moist air and moderate light.

Cattleya neokautskyi
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Dappled lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Recent observations are from the Espírito Santo highlands and the Serra do Mar near Nova Friburgo, Rio de Janeiro. As in its close relatives, it is assumed to grow on tree trunks and branches in humid montane Atlantic Forest, in broken shade.

The observation sites lie mostly at roughly 700–1100 m in the coastal ranges.

Brazil SoutheastBrazil Northeast

🔒 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. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, used under its CC BY 2.0 licence, unmodified.