Cattleya-- WongMan Sing
English Name: Cattleya hybrida
Family: Orchidaceae
Origin: American tropical and subtropical
leaves: oblong, thick and shiny.
Flowers: Flowers solitary , few flowers , born pseudobulb top . Lanceolatesepals , petals oval, wavy edge . There are white, purple red , red , green,reddish brown , yellow, complex color , life is about three weeks .
Characteristics:perennial epiphytes, herbs, bulbs to top of rod-shaped or cylindrical shape,leaf 1-3, thick and long, the largest cultivation in the world, is one of theorchids. Beautiful flowers, beautiful color, special aroma. There are twocommon species-Cattleya, Orange Cattleya, large flower Cattleya, Cattleya biglip, leilikatelan. It is Suitable for cut flowers.
Cultivation: half Sunshine, moist, Sphagnum moss, fern root, bark as substrates, such as block orbrick. Optimum temperature of 18 ° c-28 ° c.
Propagation:general use of ramets.
