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Flowers 12–15 cm wide, with lilac or pale rose sepals and petals, except the lip or labellum, which has dark purple veins and a yellow area in the middle. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Dorsal sepal narrowly elliptic; lateral sepals elliptic lanceolate; petals elliptic with wavy margin; lip folded forming a tube, with the front margin curly and wavy. [ 2 ]
Cattleya (/ ˈ k æ t l i ə /) [2] is a ... C. maxima: S Ecuador to N Peru: 10 – 1500 meters Natural hybrids. Currently accepted natural hybrids are: [13]
Cattleya schroederae is a species of orchid. C. schroederae is named after Baroness Schroeder, wife of Sir John Schroder, see de:John Henry Schröder. It is a Colombian unifoliate Cattleya species. Flowers are to 9" (22.5 cm) across, strongly fragrant. [1] C. shroederae blooms in spring from a sheath that has formed before the winter dormancy. [2]
Cattleya rex requires a temperate climate (16 °C at night and 28 °C during the day) and good ventilation (a dark and enclosed environment will attract fungi or bacterial diseases). [10] [3] This species does not tolerate dryness for long periods, so watering must be done regularly and should be reduced in frequency during winter.
Cattleya mossiae (literally 'Moss' Cattleya'), commonly known as the Easter orchid, is a species of labiate Cattleya orchid. The white-flowered form is sometimes known as Cattleya wagneri . [ 1 ] The diploid chromosome number of C. mossiae has been determined as 2 n = 40.
Cattleya amethystoglossa (the "amethyst-lipped Cattley flower") is a bifoliate species of orchid from the genus Cattleya. C. amethystoglossa is native to Brazil in the states of Bahia and possibly Espírito Santo , where it is found near sea level in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean .
A genus with species that have showy flowers, and in the Philippines, characterized by the presence of fleshy looking spurs. The special feature of this flower is the fragrance some of the species of this genus has.
Cattleya nobilor var. amaliae Pabst Cattleya nobilior var. alba L.C. Menezes Cattleya nobilior (literally "the more noble cattleya" , referring to the flowers which are larger than those of C. walkeriana , the other rhizanthoid Cattleya , of which it was originally considered a variety) is a species of orchid .