Cattleya mooreana

[Rosim_in_BR]

This is a rare Peruvian Cattleya species, very hard to find available here in Brazil. Cultivation is not easy too, at least under my condition, but I've been growing mine with relative success. The flowers have the petals projected forward and remind a little those of C. luteola, but the plant can be much higher than the latter. C. mooreana in good health can be as tall as C. iricolor.
In its native Peru, apparently, the habitats have been completely stripped.