Cattleya (Sophronitis) acuensis
This species doesn't seem to be so common in the US. I'm wondering if people can give me some cultural advise. Among Sophronitis, this species comes from the highest altitude, and it's generally recommended to keep it in relatively cool temp. Does anyone have info about the temperature range in the natural habit? Is 84/70F in the summer too hot?
I recently pre-ordered it from Floralia of Brazil who was visiting Redland show, and I'm pretty happy with the quality of all plants from them (and it was very easy to communicate). They have lots of Brazilian species, which isn't easy to get in the US, with very affordable price. The attached photo show the initial condition. To go through Phytosanitary, the roots are trimmed as you expect, but the condition was better than expected for imported plants.
Because of the transition from S. to N. hemisphere, it flowered in a weird time. Since it's not established in my condition yet, I removed the flower immediately after snapping a couple photos, though. I wonder how the other cattleyas with distinct growing season (e.g. C. nobilior) will respond to this transition.
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