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Cattleya wilsoniana

Cattleya ×wilsoniana is a natural hybrid named by Reichenbach in 1877 and listed by Kew for southern and southeastern Brazil. There are no wild GBIF records; the stand-in climate suggests warm summers and a cool, moderately drier winter. Grow it as an intermediate Brazilian cattleya.

Cattleya wilsoniana
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5 dk, via Wikimedia Commons
At home, aim for
Day IntermediateTargets in Plantistry
Night Close to the dayTargets in Plantistry
Humidity Ordinary room humidityBand in Plantistry
Light Bright, filtered lightDLI and PPFD in Plantistry
Expects a seasonal restGrows on trees (epiphyte)

Where it grows wild

Habitat not documented in the sources reached; it probably grows as an epiphyte in the Atlantic forest where its parents occur.

No elevations recorded.

Brazil SouthBrazil Southeast

🔒 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-SA 2.5 dk licence, unmodified.