Hawkinsara are extinct. Where is your windowsill? Does it get morning sun, what are the temps there in winter? etc. etc.

I have trouble keeping up with the name changes but this is the name that Hausermann's, an orchid seller in the US, is calling it (http://www.orchidsbyhausermann.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=OBH&Product_Code=Z-12712C&Category_Code=MINORCH). It is a cross between Slc. Mae Hawkins x Ctna Keith Roth. In any event it is a compact Cattleya-like plant with a lovely, dark red flower. I live in US Zone 7, growing on a South/East facing window sill in an apartment with central air, with the thermostat set to around 72 but it gets much hotter on the window sill. I get full sun for about 4 hours each day and bright light for most of the rest of the day. I have rebloomed many oncidiums but I think that the Cattleya-like flower that I and Hausermann's are calling Hawkinsara is the closest to a Cattleya I have tried before.

Do not worry too much about the name changes because they are so many that it will take years and years for everyone to catch up.
I am still using old Genera names on Orchid Society results sheets. The latest name for the orchid on the list is Cattleytonia Koolau Sunset and it should be a compact growing plant.
Leaving culture advice to real orchid growers.

OK. But I was asking for advice not trying to give it. You asked for my growing conditions and I gave it to you. I was just hoping to get an answer to the question as to whether the growing conditions for the Cattelyetonia are similar to that of Epicatts and thus whether success with one would encourage me to try the other

Hi Karen, welcome. Yes, you could try to bloom them in your light. SE is a good light. I bloomed Catts in SW windows in NY.

I don't know your particular orchid but I would try it. You won't know until you try. You could always stick a CFL over the plant in winter for a few months. I used inexpensive octopus floor lamps to add additional light during the darkest months. Worked well and the plants bloomed.

Good luck,
Jane

I've bloomed a Hawkinsara/Cattleytonia under 40 watt flouros, I have one blooming now that's been on a bright east patio since May. I'd think a very bright SW window would work.

Good luck,

Bob