Orchid Cattleya
Orchid Cattleya
This magnificent orchid lives in very rainy areas, so it likes frequent vaporizations and temperatures above 15 to 30 degrees.
Its cultivation is very similar to nepenthes, with humid, warm climates and monthly fertilization, especially in the hot months and with maximum activity of the plant.
It likes indirect but abundant light all year round.
Watering only with rain or distilled water must be carefully controlled, the soil must be just moist but not soaked.
They will have to be more frequent during the summer and windy season, compared to the winter one where the orchids have less need of water, rather increase the vaporizations with distilled or rain water
The ideal soil for this orchid is composed of fertilized bark proposed in the materials section: very porous, ventilated but at the same time with a high degree of humidity.