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Cattleya luteola is a plant in the genus Cattleya.
Description[]
Plant blooms from summer to fall with up to ten 5 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing in the tropical forest of Brazil, Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia at elevations of 100 to 2000 meters
Culture[]
Plants should be grown in medium fir bark with partial to full sun. The plant is a cool to warm growing orchid species. Water approximately once a week. Reduce watering during the winter. Plant can also be mounted.
Naming[]
Common Name: Pale Yellow Cattleya
Synonyms[]
- Cattleya epidendroides Rchb.f. 1856
- Cattleya epidendroides hort. 1856
- Cattleya flavida Klotsch 1856
- Cattleya holfordi hort. ex Rchb.f 1856
- Cattleya luteola var. roezlii Rchb. f. 1881
- Cattleya meyeri Regel. 1856
- Cattleya modesta Meyer 1856
- Cattleya sulphurea Hort. ex Gard. 1885
- Cattleya urselii hort.
- Epidendrum cattleyae hort
- Epidendrum luteolum [Lindley] Rchb.f 1861