Scottish Rock Garden Club Forum
Specific Families and Genera => Pleione and Orchidaceae => Topic started by: ashley on February 17, 2025, 02:31:53 PM
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These Sophronitis (now Cattleya) are hardly relevant to rock gardening in temperate climes, but grow on moss-covered rocks and trees at altitude in SE Brazil.
Apart from their intense colour, the tepals of S. mantiqueirae have a lovely crystalline quality rather like Nerine sarniensis that I find hard to photograph.
In any case they brighten up dull winter weather here.
Sophronitis (Cattleya) mantiqueirae
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Sophronitis (Cattleya) wittigiana
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