Cattleya walkeriana
A compact, fragrant Cattleya from the Brazilian Central Plateau, prized for its large flowers on short stems that grow from the rhizome rather than the top of the pseudobulb. In the wild it grows on trees and rocks near rivers, lakes and swamps in the seasonally dry cerrado, sometimes in full sun. In cultivation it wants very bright light, strong air movement, quick-drying roots and a drier, cooler winter.
Where it grows wild
An epiphyte or lithophyte in the cerrado region, growing on trees in gallery forest and on rocks, usually close to lakes, rivers or swamps where the air is more humid than in the surrounding dry savanna. In Goiás it is often on stones; elsewhere mostly on trees.
Up to about 2,000 m in the literature; GBIF records with elevations are mostly between 375 and 1,000 m, with a few higher.
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