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Cattleya labiata found in 1818 in Brazil, and was the first species of cattleya discovered.
Description[]
Flowers bloom fall to early winter with 2 to 5 flowers per an inflorescence. The 7.5 inch flowers vary in color and as many as 5 may grow on a raceme. It blooms in the fall. All have one leaf per pseudobulb.
Distribution[]
Cattleya labiata is found in Brazil growing on trees in the moutain ranges from 500 meters and above
Culture[]
Plants should be grown in medium fir bark with partial to full sun. Cattleya labiata is a cool to warm growing orchid species. Water approximately once a week.
Varieties[]
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Cattleya labiata var. semi alba (L.C.Menezes 2002) |
White sepals and petals, white lip with a patch of pink and yellow |
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Cattleya labiata var.alba | White sepals and petals, white lip with a patch of yellow |
Naming[]
Common Name: Crimson Cattleya, Ruby Lipped Cattleya
Synonyms[]
Cattleya labiata var. autumnalis plate
- Cattleya bullieri D.J. Carr 1886
- Cattleya labiata f. albo-oculata Cogn. 1897
- Cattleya labiata f. purpureostriata Cogn. 1897
- Cattleya labiata var. amesiana L.C.Menezes 2002
- Cattleya labiata var. amoena L.C.Menezes 2002
- Cattleya labiata var. atropurpurea L.C.Menezes 2002
- Cattleya labiata var autumnalis Linden 1887
- Cattleya labiata var. caerulea L.C.Menezes 2002
- Cattleya labiata var. concolor L.C.Menezes 2002
- Cattleya labiata var genuina Stein 1892
- Cattleya labiata var. purpureolineata L.C.Menezes 2002
- Cattleya labiata var. purpureostriata (Cogn.) L.C.Menezes 1987
- Cattleya labiata var. semialba L.C.Menezes 2002
- Cattleya labiata var warocqueana Rolfe 1890
- Cattleya labiata vera Veitch 1887
- Cattleya labiatum Rchb.f 1861
- Cattleya leeana Sander 1883
- Cattleya lemoniana Lindley 1846
- Cattleya massangeana Rchb. f. 1883
- Cattleya morganae Warner 1882
- Cattleya nalderiana Rchb. f. 1885
- Cattleya oweniana auct. 1892
- Cattleya pallida Lindl. & Paxton 1851-2
- Cattleya peetersii André 1885
- Cattleya perrinii Endl. in A.Hartinger 1845
- Cattleya regalis hort. 1883
- Cattleya rochellensii Rchb. f. 1888
- Cattleya rollissonii T. Moore 1861
- Cattleya wallisii L. Linden & Rchb. f. 1882
- Cattleya warocqueana L. Linden 1890
- Epidendrum labiatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861