Cattleya wittigiana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg

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Found in Espirito Santo state of Brazil on the central mountain range in tropical forests in gully swamps on mossy, rough-barked trees at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters as a mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with globular pseudobulbs that are arranged in two rows along the rhizome and carry a single, apical, ovate, stiff, leathery leaf that blooms in the winter on an apical, 2.4 to 3.2" [6 to 8 cm] long, single to few flowered inflorescence in nature but in cultivation.

Mount this species on cork and give bright light, cool to warm temperatures, with ample water year round with a lessening in the coldest part of the winter.

IOSPE PHOTOS (orchidspecies.com)

Cattleya wittigiana is an orchid species identified by (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg in 2008.

Genus

Cattleya (C.)

Grex

wittigiana
(name currently accepted by Kew)

Parents

Species

Author

(Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg

Year

2008

ORIGIN: Found in the central mountain range of Espirito Santo State, Brazil, in tropical forests at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters in gully swamps on mossy, rough-barked trees.

DESCRIPTION: A mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with globular pseudobulbs that are arranged in two rows along the rhizome and carry a single, apical, ovate, stiff, leathery leaf that blooms in the winter on an apical, 2.4 to 3.2 [6 to 8 cm] long, single to few flowered inflorescence in nature but in cultivation .

FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 to 3 inches [4 to 6.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).

orchids.org/grexes/cattleya-wittigiana

December 2020 Original Species Introduction – 蘭友会 (orchidjaos.gr.jp)

https://youtu.be/4H_05dg6ZRQ