Cattleya percivaliana
A unifoliate cattleya from the Andes of Venezuela and Colombia that flowers around Christmas, producing two to four fragrant, musky-scented lavender flowers on each growth. It grows as a lithophyte or epiphyte in bright to full sun near rivers at about 1300–2000 m, so it wants more light and cooler nights than lowland cattleyas. A drier, cooler winter rest after flowering matches the Andean dry season.
Where it grows wild
On rocks and trees near rivers in the Andes, in full sun or very bright light. The plants are exposed, with roots clinging to rock surfaces that dry quickly after rain.
Literature gives about 1300–2000 m. We found no usable wild GBIF records to check this; the one Colombian record with elevation (about 1070 m) is from a cultivated-looking source.
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