Sign in Start free
Species library › Cattleya › Cattleya wallisii
Orchids Well documented

Cattleya wallisii

Cattleya wallisii is an Amazonian unifoliate cattleya from the Rio Negro and middle Amazon near Manaus, close to (and often merged with) C. eldorado. It lives in constant heat and high humidity, with only a short, relatively drier spell from August to October. Grow it warm, bright and humid all year, and never cool.

Cattleya wallisii
Photo: H. Sotheran & Co., London (editor), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day Warm-growingTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Humid airBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
No rest periodGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

An epiphyte in lowland forest of the Rio Negro and middle Amazon basin, usually on trees in the open canopy of seasonally flooded or white-sand forest where light is strong.

Lowland: all five climate sites are below 150 m.

Brazil North

🔒 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

Grow Cattleya wallisii? Add it to a free garden and its full profile opens. Pro opens all 38,374 profiles in the library, plants and fungi.

Start free Sign in

More Cattleya

Cattleya dowiana Cattleya trianae Cattleya mossiae Cattleya cinnabarina Cattleya crispata Cattleya schroederae Cattleya coccinea Cattleya rex Cattleya purpurata Cattleya warscewiczii Cattleya bicolor Cattleya gaskelliana All 288 →

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 Public domain licence, unmodified.