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Cattleya tenebrosa also called as The Dark Cattleya, Brasilaelia tenebrosa, Laelia tenebrosa, Chironiella tenebrosa, Hadrolaelia tenebrosa, Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa, Laelia tenebrosa var. pittiana, Sophronitis tenebrosa, is a species of the genus Cattleya. This species was described by A.A.Chadwick in 2006.
IDENTIFY CATTLEYA TENEBROSA
Cattleya tenebrosa is native to Brazil. Their natural habitat is basically an area from Bahia in the south, after Espírito Santo in the north, where these plants grow on large trees in a dense forest. This limited natural habitat has been completely destroyed and that this plant, always rarely occurring, is now virtually impossible to find in nature.
It is a medium sized, hot to cool growing species, which reaching a height of 46 cm, with a clavate, up to 18 cm long and up to 3 cm wide pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong-ovate to ligulate, leathery, rounded apically, 28 cm long and 6 cm wide leaf.
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The Dark Cattleya has a 30 cm long, racemose inflorescence arising through a large, basal sheath and carrying 3 to 4, fragrant, short-lived, color variable flowers which occur from June through August. The flowers are often 18 cm wide. Narrow, brown or copper-colored petals of the outer and inner whorls, sometimes slightly twisted, are almost flat with slightly wavy edges, especially in the inner whorl. The tripartite lip has large lateral plots, which, when curled up, form a tube around the prone. The resulting large, trumpet-shaped lip has a dark purple ring at the base of the bright central plot, with the edge tinted brighter towards the wavy, curled top. The throat is yellow, with considerable veins that extend across the surface to the lip of the lip. In cultivation, several color varieties meet, including the form of alba with green petals of whorls and white lip.
CATTLEYA TENEBROSA CARE AND CULTURE
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Cattleya tenebrosa needs a light level of 35000-40000 lux. A large amount of light is essential to initiate flowering, but avoid the full sun. If the plants do not flower because of insufficient light, the dose should be increased gradually to give the plant time to adapt. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
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