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Cattleya

Genus of orchids

Note

Sophronia Lindl.
Sophronitis Lindl.
Maelenia Dumort.
Lophoglotis Raf.
× Sophrocattleya Rolfe
Eunannos Porta & Brade
Hoffmannseggella H.G.Jones
Dungsia Chiron & V.P.Castro
× Hadrocattleya V.P.Castro & Chiron
× Hadrodungsia V.P.Castro & Chiron
Hadrolaelia (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro
× Microcattleya V.P.Castro & Chiron
Microlaelia (Schltr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro
Cattleyella Van den Berg & M.W.Chase
Schluckebieria Braem
× Brasicattleya Campacci
Brasilaelia Campacci
Chironiella Braem

Cattleya () is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals.

Description

Epiphytic or terrestrial orchids with cylindrical rhizome from which the fleshy noodle-like roots grow. Pseudobulbs can be conical, spindle-shaped or cylindrical; with upright growth; one or two leaves growing from the top of them. The leaves can be oblong, lanceolate or elliptical, somewhat fleshy, with smooth margin. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme with few or several flowers. Flowers have sepals and petals free from each other; the lip or labellum (lowermost petal), usually has a different coloration and shape from the rest of the flower and covers in part the flower column forming a tube. There are four pollinia (bag-like organs that contain pollen). The fruit is a capsule with many small seeds.

Taxonomy

The genus was named in 1824 by John Lindley after horticulturalist William Cattley. Cattley obtained a specimen of then unnamed Cattleya labiata from William Swainson who had discovered the new plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1817. The plant successfully bloomed under the care of Cattley and it became the type specimen from which Lindley described C. labiata.

Currently accepted species and subgeneric division within genus Cattleya are:

Subgenus Cattleya
- Section Cattleya
- Section Crispae
  - Series Cattleyodes
  - Series Hadrolaelia
  - Series Microlaelia
  - Series Parviflorae
  - Series Sophronitis
- Section Lawrenceanae
Subgenus Cattleyella
Subgenus Intermediae
Subgenus Maximae

Subgenus Cattleya

Section Cattleya

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:Cattleya dowiana var. aurea 'Maestranza' (Linden) B.S.Williams & T.Moore, Orchid Album 2 t. 84 (1883) (48470977042).jpg	120px]]	C. aurea	S. Panama to Colombia	300 – 1000 meters
[[File:Cattleya dowiana (17344397479).jpg	120px]]	C. dowiana	Costa Rica	250 – 1200 meters
[[File:A and B Larsen orchids - Cattleya gaskelliana 876-9.jpg	120px]]	C. gaskelliana	Colombia to Trinidad	700 – 1000 meters
[[File:Cattleya iricolor Orchi 021.jpg	120px]]	C. iricolor	Ecuador to Peru	400 – 1220 meters
[[File:Cattleya jenmanii Rolfe, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1906 85 (1906) (49221659452) (cropped).jpg	120px]]	C. jenmanii	Venezuela to Guyana	300 – 600 meters
[[File:Cattleya labiata Orchi 1013.jpg	120px]]	C. labiata	Brazil	600 – 900 meters
[[File:Cattleya luteola ‘No2' Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1853 774 (1853) (41995788111).jpg	120px]]	C. luteola	N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia	100 – 1200 meters
[[File:Cattleya mendelii Orchi 2012-09-14 020.jpg	120px]]	C. mendelii	NE. Colombia	1300 – 1800 meters
[[File:Cattleya mooreana (15346290357).jpg	120px]]	C. mooreana	Peru	around 990 meters
[[File:Cattleya mossiae (41473676411).jpg	120px]]	C. mossiae	N. Venezuela	900 – 1500 meters
[[File:Cattleya percivaliana 'Jabon' (Rchb.f.) O'Brien Gard. Chron., n.s., 20- 404 (1883) (38372342694).jpg	120px]]	C. percivaliana	Colombia to W. Venezuela	1300 – 2000 meters
[[File:Cattleya quadricolor (38149175695).jpg	120px]]	C. quadricolor	Colombia	600 – 1500 meters
	C. rex	Peru to N Bolivia	around 1350 meters
[[File:Cattleya schroederae (34349388642).jpg	120px]]	C. schroederae	NE. Colombia	.
[[File:Cattleya trianae, the national flower of Columbia (10909657333).jpg	120px]]	C. trianae	Colombia	around 1200 meters
[[File:Cattleya warneri T.Moore ex R.Warner, Select Orchid. Pl. t. 8 (1862) (46699509212) (cropped).jpg	120px]]	C. warneri	E. Brazil	400 – 900 meters
[[File:Cattleya warscewiczii fma. clara suave lunata 'Monos Nutibara' Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2- 112 (1854) (35156784005).jpg	120px]]	C. warscewiczii	Colombia	500 – 1700 meters

Section Crispae

Series Cattleyodes

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:Cattleya crispa Lindley.jpg	120px]]	C. crispa	SE. Brazil	800 – 1500 meters
[[File:Orchidaceae Cattleya grandis 1.jpg	120px]]	C. grandis	Brazil - SE. Bahia to N. Espírito Santo	.
[[File:Laelia lobata1.jpg	120px]]	C. lobata	SE. Brazil.
[[File:Sop perrini.jpg	120px]]	C. perrinii	SE. Brazil	700 – 900 meters
[[File:Cattleya purpurata fma. sanguinea ‘Mentz’ (Lindl. & Paxton) Rollisson ex Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1855 319 (1855) (42929804561).jpg	120px]]	C. purpurata	SE. & S. Brazil
[[File:A and B Larsen orchids - Laelia tenebrosa 925-4.jpg	120px]]	C. tenebrosa	Brazil - SE. Bahia to Espírito Santo	.
	C. virens	SE. Brazil	1000 – 1500 meters
[[File:Cattleya xanthina (Espírito Santo, Brasil) (Lindl.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3- 12 (2008) (35756189832).jpg	120px]]	C. xanthina	Brazil - Bahia to Espírito Santo	.

Series Hadrolaelia

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:Cattleya alaorii (s-wild) (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3- 4 (2008) (32091365561).jpg	120px]]	C. alaorii	Brazil - Bahia	200 – 600 meters
[[File:Cattleya bicalhoi fma. coerulea ‘Chojamaru’ Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3- 4 (2008) (26737176929).jpg	120px]]	C. bicalhoi	Brazil - S. Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro	500 – 2000 meters
[[File:Cattleya jongheana (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 8 (2008) (26476434407).jpg	120px]]	C. jongheana	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1300 – 1600 meters
[[File:Cattleya praestans rchb.f. van den berg.jpg.jpg	120px]]	C. praestans	SE. Brazil	300 – 500 meters
[[File:Hadrolaelia pumila Imperatriz.JPG	120px]]	C. pumila	SE. & S. Brazil	600 – 1300 meters
[[File:Cattleya sincorana ‘Black Willow’ (Schltr.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3- 11 (2008) (34363216995).jpg	120px]]	C. sincorana	Brazil - Bahia	1100 – 1500 meters

Series Microlaelia

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:Microlaelia lundii flower.jpg	120px]]	C. lundii	Bolivia to Argentina	740 – 1000 meters

Series Parviflorae

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	C. alvarenguensis	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 800 meters
[[File:Cattleya alvaroana (11763085833).jpg	120px]]	C. alvaroana	Brazil - Rio de Janeiro
[[File:Cattleya angereri Orchi 003.jpg	120px]]	C. angereri	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1000–1300 meters
[[File:Cattleya blumenscheinii (Pabst) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3- 4 (2008). (39333106224).jpg	120px]]	C. blumenscheinii	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 1200 meters
	C. bradei	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1100 – 1400 meters
	C. briegeri	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 1370 meter
	C. campacii	Brazil
[[File:Hoffmannseggella caulescens.jpg	120px]]	C. caulescens	Brazil - Minas Gerais	600 – 1200 meters
[[File:Laelia cinnabarina 01.jpg	120px]]	C. cinnabarina	Brazil - S. Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro	800 – 1500 meters
[[File:Cattleya colnagoi (11762787953).jpg	120px]]	C. colnagoi	Brazil - Minas Gerais
	C. conceicionensis	Brazil - Minas Gerais	800 – 1200 meters
[[File:Cattleya crispata Orchi 168.jpg	120px]]	C. crispata	Brazil - Minas Gerais	400 – 1200 meters
[[File:Cattleya endsfeldzii2a.jpg	120px]]	C. endsfeldzii	Brazil - Minas Gerais	900 meters
[[File:Cattleya esalqueana Orchi 012.jpg	120px]]	C. esalqueana	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1100 – 1300 meters
	C. flavasulina	Brazil - Minas Gerais	900 – 1440 meters
[[File:Cattleya fournieri Orchi 1015.jpg	120px]]	C. fournieri	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1100 – 1800 meters
[[File:Cattleya ghillanyi fma. flamea '-1806' (Pabst) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 7 (2008) (40973783720).jpg	120px]]	C. ghillanyi	Brazil - Minas Gerais
	C. gloedeniana	Brazil - São Paulo	around 1600 meters
	C. gracilis	Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Cipó
	C. guanhanensis	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 1100 meters
[[File:Cattleya harpophylla Orchi 016.jpg	120px]]	C. harpophylla	Brazil - Minas Gerais to Espírito Santo	500 – 900 meters
[[File:Cattleya hatae.jpg	120px]]	C. hatae	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1000 – 1100 meters
	C. hegeriana	Brazil - Rio de Janeiro	1000 – 1200 meters
	C. hispidula	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 1200 meters
[[File:Sop mixta.jpg	120px]]	C. hoehnei	Brazil - Espírito Santo	around 800 meters
	C. itambana	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1500 to 2200 meters
	C. kautskyana	Brazil - Espírito Santo	600 – 1000 meters
	C. kettieana	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1500 – 2000 meters
[[File:Cattleya kleberi 'Lemon Yellow' (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 5 13 (2010) (48000446356).jpg	120px]]	C. kleberi	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 1100 meters
[[File:Hoffmannseggella liliputana.jpg	120px]]	C. liliputana	Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Ouro Branco	1200 – 1400 meters
	C. locatellii	Brazil - Minas Gerais
[[File:Sop longipes.jpg	120px]]	C. longipes	SE. Brazil - Serra do Cipó	1300 – 2000 meters
[[File:Cattleya luetzelburgii Orchi 005.jpg	120px]]	C. luetzelburgii	Brazil - Bahia	1100 – 1700 meters.
	C. macrobulbosa	Brazil - Espírito Santo	around 1600 meters
[[File:Cattleya marcaliana Orchi 053.jpg	120px]]	C. marcaliana	Brazil - Bahia	200 – 300 meters
[[File:Cattleya milleri 'Red Butterfly’ (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 9 (2008). (51186151831).jpg	120px]]	C. milleri	Brazil - Minas Gerais	800 – 1300 meters
[[File:Cattleya mirandae Orchi 032.jpg	120px]]	C. mirandae	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 1300 meters
[[File:Cattleya munchowiana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 10 (2008) (42346340371).jpg	120px]]	C. munchowiana	Brazil - Espírito Santo	1100 – 1300 meters
[[File:Cattleya neokautskyi Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 10 (2008) (41114245832).jpg	120px]]	C. neokautskyi	SE. Brazil	600 – 1000 meters.
[[File:Cattleya pabstii Orchi 027.jpg	120px]]	C. pabstii	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1200 meters
	C. pendula	Brazil - Minas Gerais
[[File:Cattleya pfisteri Orchi 024.jpg	120px]]	C. pfisteri	Brazil - Bahia	around 1300 meters
	C. presidentensis	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1000 – 1300 meters
[[File:Cattleya sp. aff. reginae (36382505655).jpg	120px]]	C. reginae	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1200 – 2000 meters
[[File:Cattleya rupestris (Lindl.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 11 (2008) (26248496577).jpg	120px]]	C. rupestris	Brazil - Minas Gerais
	C. sanguiloba	Brazil – Bahia
[[File:蕾麗亞蘭屬 Laelia tereticaulis -香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong- (9200881800).jpg	120px]]	C. tereticaulis	Brazil - Minas Gerais
	C. vandenbergii	Brazil - Minas Gerais
[[File:Cattleya vasconcelosiana (Campacci) Van den Berg, Phytotaxa 186 84 (2014) (30017905018).jpg	120px]]	C. vasconcelosiana	Brazil - Minas Gerais	around 1100 meters
	C. verboonenii	Brazil - Rio de Janeiro
	C. viridiflora	Brazil - Minas Gerais

Series Sophronitis

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
	C. acuensis	Brazil - Rio de Janeiro	1800 – 2100 meters
	C. alagoensis	Brazil - Alagoas	300 – 500 meters
[[File:Cattleya brevipedunculata (Brazil) (Cogn.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3- 5 (2008) (37604122515).jpg	120px]]	C. brevipedunculata	Brazil - Minas Gerais	1220 – 2000 meters
[[File:Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 5 13 (2010) (44597776830).jpg	120px]]	C. cernua	Brazil to NE. Argentina	2 – 100 meters
[[File:Cattleya coccinea '1980s' Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22 t. 1919 (1836) (46224838001).jpg	120px]]	C. coccinea	Brazil to NE. Argentina	650 – 1670 meters
	C. dichroma	Brazil - Rio de Janeiro	1200 – 1525 meters
[[File:Sophronitis mantiqueirae Orchi 068.jpg	120px]]	C. mantiqueirae	SE. Brazil	1200 – 1890 meters
[[File:Cattleya pygmaea (Pabst) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 11 (2008) (50127068863).jpg	120px]]	C. pygmaea	Brazil - Espírito Santo	915 – 1067 meters
[[File:Cattleya wittigiana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3 12 (2008) (40011443525).jpg	120px]]	C. wittigiana	Brazil - Espírito Santo	700 – 2000 meters

Section Lawrenceanae

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:Cattleya lawrenceana.jpg	120px]]	C. lawrenceana	Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil	250 – 2400 meters
[[File:Cattleya lueddemanniana "tipo".JPG	120px]]	C. lueddemanniana	N. Venezuela	0 – 500 meters
[[File:Cattleya eldorado Orchi 002.jpg	120px]]	C. wallisii	N. Brazil

Subgenus Cattleyella

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:Cattleyella araguaiensis Orchi 033.jpg	120px]]	C. araguaiensis	Brazil	395 – 610 meters

Subgenus Intermediae

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:A and B Larsen orchids - Cattleya aclandiae DSCN0548.JPG	120px]]	C. aclandiae	Brazil	100 – 400 meters
[[File:Cattleya amethystoglossa Orchi 0011.jpg	120px]]	C. amethystoglossa	Brazil	around 600 meters
[[File:Cattleya bicolor Orchi 2012-09-21 074.jpg	120px]]	C. bicolor	SE. Brazil
[[File:Cattleya dormaniana (Brazil) (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 17- 216 (1882) (37827599194).jpg	120px]]	C. dormaniana	Brazil	600 – 100 meters
[[File:Cattleya elongata.jpg	120px]]	C. elongata	Brazil	900 – 1500 meters
[[File:Cattleya forbesii ‘Prazer’ Lindl., Coll. Bot. t. 37 (1826) (43353536482).jpg	120px]]	C. forbesii	Brazil	around 200 meters
[[File:Cattleya granulosa Lindl. - Flickr - Alex Popovkin, Bahia, Brazil (14).jpg	120px]]	C. granulosa	Brazil	600 – 900 meters
[[File:Cattleya guttata (Brazil) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 17- t. 1406 (1831) (24491178747).jpg	120px]]	C. guttata	Brazil	.
[[File:A and B Larsen orchids - Cattleya harrisoniana 75-1.jpg	120px]]	C. harrisoniana	SE. Brazil
[[File:Cattleya intermedia Orchi 039.jpg	120px]]	C. intermedia	SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay
[[File:Cattleya kerrii.jpg	120px]]	C. kerrii	Brazil
[[File:Cattleya loddigesii 2013-03-22 6361.jpg	120px]]	C. loddigesii	SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina	.
[[File:Cattleya nobilior.jpg	120px]]	C. nobilior	WC. Brazil to Bolivia	170 – 700 meters
[[File:A and B Larsen orchids - Cattleya porphyroglossa DSCN3206.JPG	120px]]	C. porphyroglossa	Brazil	.
[[File:Cattleya schilleriana.jpg	120px]]	C. schilleriana	Brazil	0 – 800 meters.
[[File:Cattleya schofieldiana Orchi 027.jpg	120px]]	C. schofieldiana	Brazil	around 900 meters
[[File:Cattleya tenuis 53.jpg	120px]]	C. tenuis	NE. Brazil	1000 – 1200 meters.
[[File:Cattleya tigrina Orchi 017.jpg	120px]]	C. tigrina	SE. & S. Brazil	0 – 100 meters.
[[File:Cattleya velutina Orchi 1070.jpg	120px]]	C. velutina	Brazil
[[File:Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Lindl., Gard. Chron. 1842 472 (1842) (29029280518).jpg	120px]]	C. violacea	lowland Amazon rainforest & Guyana	200 – 700 meters
[[File:Cattleya walkeriana tipo, 'Dona nega' x 'Cambará' (27501615169).jpg	120px]]	C. walkeriana	WC. & SE. Brazil	0 – 2000 meters.

Subgenus Maximae

Image	Name	Distribution	Elevation (m)
[[File:Cattleya maxima ‘La Negra’ Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl. 116 (1833) (43195894741).jpg	120px]]	C. maxima	S Ecuador to N Peru	10 – 1500 meters

Natural hybrids

Currently accepted natural hybrids are:

Cattleya × adrienne (= Cattleya pumila × Cattleya jongheana) (Brazil)
Cattleya × albanensis
Cattleya × amanda
Cattleya × binotii (= ) (Brazil)
Cattleya × brasiliensis (= C. bicolor × C. harrisoniana) (Brazil)
Cattleya × braunae
Cattleya × britoi (= C. crispata x C. mirandae) (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
Cattleya × brymeriana (= C. violacea × C. wallisii) (N. Brazil).
Cattleya × calimaniana (Brazil)
Cattleya × calimaniorum (NE Brazil)
Cattleya × carassana (Brazil)
Cattleya × cattleyioides (Brazil)
Cattleya × cipoensis (Brazil)
Cattleya × colnagiana (Brazil).
Cattleya × cristinae (Brazil).
Cattleya × cypheri
Cattleya × dasilvae
Cattleya × dayana (= C. forbesii × C. guttata) (Brazil).
Cattleya × deckeri
Cattleya × delicata
Cattleya × diamantinensis (= C. pfisteri × C. sincorana) (Brazil).
Cattleya × dolosa (= C. loddigesii × C. walkeriana) (Brazil).
Cattleya × dukeana (= C. bicolor × C. guttata) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × duveenii (= C. guttata × C. harrisoniana) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × elegans
Cattleya × ericoi
Cattleya × feldmanniana
Cattleya × fidelensis (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
Cattleya × frankeana
Cattleya × gaezeriana
Cattleya × gerhard-santosii
Cattleya × gottoana
Cattleya × gransabanensis (= C. jenmanii × C. lawrenceana) (Venezuela).
Cattleya × gravesiana (= C. lueddemanniana × C. mossiae) (Venezuela).
Cattleya × hardyana (= C. dowiana var.aurea × C. warscewiczii) (Colombia).
Cattleya × heitoriana
Cattleya × hummeliana
Cattleya × hybrida (= C. guttata × C. loddigesii) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × imperator (= C. granulata × C. labiata) (NE. Brazil).
Cattleya × intricata (= C. intermedia × C. leopoldii) (S. Brazil).
Cattleya × irrorata
Cattleya × isaacii
Cattleya × isabella (= C. forbesii × C. intermedia) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × itabapoanaensis
Cattleya × jetibaensis
Cattleya × joaquiniana (= C. bicolor × C. walkeriana) (Brazil) .
Cattleya × kautskyi (= C. harrisoniana × C. warneri) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × kerchoveana
Cattleya × labendziana
Cattleya × lambari
Cattleya × lilacina
Cattleya × lucieniana (= C. forbesii × C. granulosa) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × macguiganii
Cattleya × measuresii (= C. aclandiae × C. walkeriana) (E. Brazil).
Cattleya × mesquitae (= C. nobilior × C. walkeriana) (Brazil).
Cattleya × mingaensis
Cattleya × mixta (= C. guttata × C. schofieldiana) (Brazil).
Cattleya × moduloi (C. schofieldiana × C. warneri) (Brazil).
Cattleya × mucugensis
Cattleya × neocalimaniana
Cattleya × neocalimaniorum
Cattleya × neoreginae
Cattleya × nesyana
Cattleya × occhioniana
Cattleya × odiloniana
Cattleya × patrocinii (= C. guttata × C. warneriana) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × picturata (= C. guttata × C. intermedia) (SE. Brazil).
Cattleya × pittiana
Cattleya × porphyritis
Cattleya × porphyrophlebia
Cattleya × raganii
Cattleya × resplendens (= C. granulosa × C. schilleriana) (NE. Brazil)
Cattleya × rigbyana
Cattleya × ruschii
Cattleya × sancheziana
Cattleya × schroederiana
Cattleya × schunkiana
Cattleya × schunkii
Cattleya × scita (= C. intermedia × C. tigrina) (S. Brazil).
Cattleya × sgarbii
Cattleya × sororia
Cattleya × tenuata (= C. elongata × C. tenuis) (Brazil) .
Cattleya × varelae
Cattleya × venosa (= C. forbesii × C. harrisoniana) (Brazil).
Cattleya × verelii
Cattleya × victoria-regina ( C. guttata × C. labiata) (NE. Brazil).
Cattleya × victoriacarolinae
Cattleya × wetmorei
Cattleya × whitei
Cattleya × wilsoniana (= C. bicolor × C. intermedia). (Brazil).
Cattleya × wyattiana (= C. crispa × C. lobata). (Brazil).
Cattleya × zaslawskii (= C. harpophylla × C. praestans). (Brazil).
Cattleya × zayrae (= C. amethystoglossa × C. elongata). (Bahia, Brazil)

Nothogenera

Hybrids of Cattleya and other genera are placed in the following nothogenera:

× Brassocattleya = Brassavola × Cattleya
× Brassolaeliocattleya = Brassavola × Cattleya × Laelia
× Cattleytonia = Cattleya × Broughtonia
× Laeliocattleya = Cattleya × Laelia
× Rhyncholaeliocattleya = Rhyncholaelia × Cattleya

Cultivation

''Cattleya'' ''mossiae'' fo. ''coerulea''

Light :Cattleyas need light, but not direct sunlight; in case of intense sunlight, shade must be provided.
Temperature :Day temperatures must be between 25–30 °C (77–86 °F) and night temperatures not lower than 10–12 °C (50–53.6 °F).
Humidity :Must be between 40–70% with good ventilation; however plants must not be exposed to air currents.
Watering :Water only if substrate is dry. It can be done once a week, but it all depends on the environmental conditions and the season.
Fertilizing :Cattleyas can survive without fertilizing. However, it is advisable to use nitrogen-based fertilizers without urea; fertilizers must be applied during the growth season. To avoid salt accumulation in the substrate, water thoroughly between fertilizer applications.

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