Cattleya nobilior

[Alys]

Hello, I've never grown a cattleya but have recently been reading and thinking that I'd like to give it a try. I've been looking at Cattleya nobilior. I grow in a north window with additional light strips and a small humidifier.. Phaps and Phals both do nicely and bloom. Does it sound like my environment is okay? When the grower says that the plant needs "hot" temperatures; what do they mean? Thank you in advance. I know someone knows and will point me in the right direction.

[estación seca]

I would not pick C. nobilior as a first, nor even tenth windowsill Cattleya. Hot means temperatures in the 80s and 90s F. On your windowsill a C. nobilior might survive unhappily for a while but never thrive. Your conditions are good for what are called "windowsill Catts" like Sl. Orpettii.

[yug]

If you are new to orchids, why not go to one of the 'big box' stores, or even a hardware store and get an inexpensive dendrobium, cattleya, and phalaenopsis. Learn to grow and rebloom them under your care. After you get them to rebloom 2 or 3 times, then you may want to branch out to something more challenging. Also, hybrids tend to be easier to grow than the species. It would be a real shame to pay more for a special plant just to have it die from being an inexperienced grower.

Just sayin'...

(in case anyone was thinking why is a 'noob' giving advice to anyone, I may be a 'noob' to this site, but I've had some of my vandas for about 28 years )

[Alys]

Thanks, while waiting for responses, I continued to research, found out what "hot" means and realized that this cattleya is not for my window.