Cattleya

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Cattleya is a genus of 42 species of orchids from Costa Rica to tropical parts of South America and is one of the epiphytic orchid genera. Given the name Cattleya by John Lindley in 1824 after Sir William Cattley who successfully cultivated specimens of Cattleya Labiata used as packaging material in other orchid delivery. Orchid this kind of life a ride on a big timber trees, so they are shielded from direct sun exposure and gain moisture they crave.

Cattleya do not like direct sunlight throughout the day. But they were happy to receive direct light in the morning for 4-5 hours a day, or full day light. When the leaves are dark green, it's a sign of Cattleya lack of sunlight.  Conversely, if the excess light, the color will be yellow-green leaves. the sun is enough to make diligent flowering Cattleya. In addition to stimulating the formation of flowers, the sun also makes plants more robust, disease resistant and able to gathering food reserves. food backup will be stored in the bulb. Bulb a dense contains will diligently produce buds and flowers. Will diligently flowering Cattleya on environmental temperature between 15-35 degrees Celsius. Water is also a staple of Cattleya. Cattleya require regular watering, but he also take some time dry, before watering again. When watering, the roots will absorb as much water as to be stored in the root or bulb.

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