Cattleya sanguiloba
A small rupicolous Brazilian Cattleya, formerly Laelia sanguiloba and Hoffmannseggella sanguiloba, one of the rock-dwelling laelias that grow in near full sun on the campos rupestres. Kew and Wikipedia treat it as endemic to Bahia, though most herbarium specimens filed under this name come from the iron-ore campos rupestres of Minas Gerais. Either way it wants strong light, fast-drying roots, warm days, cool nights and a dry winter.
Where it grows wild
Specimen labels describe it as a rupicolous herb growing among rocks in campo rupestre, including campo rupestre over iron ore (canga) and dolomitic itabirite, and note it as heliophilous (sun-loving) with reddish stems, greyish or wine-red leaves and orange flowers. It roots in cracks and thin, gritty pockets on exposed rock.
One Minas Gerais specimen was collected at 1100 m; campo rupestre in the Serra do Caraça, Serra do Cipó and Chapada Diamantina typically lies at about 900–1500 m.
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