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Originally Posted by catherinecarney
Beautiful plant!
In my experience with catts (and I'm still a newb and have a long way to go), they do best with the following conditions:
1: high light levels--dappled shade and even some full sun--if they show purple markings on the leaves the light level is about as high as they can handle
2: good airflow--air movement either from natural breezes or fans
3: a reasonable day/night temperature difference--summer days around here are in the 85-95 range and nights may drop to 70 or lower
4: fast draining media that can be drenched thoroughly and then dry out almost completely before watering again
I'm a notorious over waterer, so most of my catt alliance orchids are on bark or stick mounts and I've noticed much better growth since I put the plants on mounts and started giving them almost full sun outside during the summer.
The parentage on your catt will also impact the conditions it will grow in--do you have any idea of the species in its background?
Hope this helps!
Catherine
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I think I can give it good conditions - lots of light and a light breeze, and day/night temperature (when the current heat wave passes at last), but I must be careful with water...
As for its "parents", no idea. I found it in a supermarket, among a bunch of phals - I think someone placed it there by mistake, and it was the only cattleya in the store. The assistants in the store have no idea whatsoever about plants.
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