Cattleya Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

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Cattleya is a genus of approximately 53 species of orchids from Mexico to tropical South America.

The species was named in 1824 by John Lindley after William Cattley.

They are widely known for their large, showy flowers, and used extensively in hybridization for the cut-flower trade until quite recently. This genus and the numerous hybrids come close, through their beauty, to the idealized picture we have of the orchids. The flowers of the hybrids can vary in size from 5 cm to 15 cm or more. They occur in almost all colors, except blue.

The genus is divided into two groups :

• bifoliate orchids, occurring in Mexico and Brazil. Thwo broad leaves grow from each pseudobulb
• monofoliate orchids, occurring in Brazil, Colombia, Panama, Peru and Venezuela. There is only one, narrower and more erect leaf originating from each pseudobulb.

The typical flower has three rather narrow petals : two are fringed, the third is the conspicuous lip with a fringed margin and various markings and specks. At the base, the fringed margins are folded into a tube. Each flower stalk originates from a pseudobulb. It can be just one or two, but sometimes even ten.

Cattleya orchids are slow-growing, taking 5-7 years or more to flower from seed, most of which produce relatively few, large flowers at maturity. As a result, they have been replaced in the cut flower trade with faster-growing, more floriferous genera, such as hybrid cymbidiums and dendrobiums, among others.

Culture of these plants is relatively straightforward for orchids, and are considered by many to be the archetypical epiphytic "orchid" in that they require well-drained media, frequent wet/dry cycles, and good air circulation.

Members of this genus have been in cultivation for almost two hundred years with varying levels of success. They were very popular in the early 20th century.

Species

• Cattleya aclandiae (Brazil)
• Cattleya amethystoglossa (Brazil)
• Cattleya araguaiensis (Brazil)
• Cattleya aurantiaca (Mexico to C. America).
• Cattleya bicolor (SE. Brazil)
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. bicolor (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis (Brazil) . Pseudobulb epiphyte
  • Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgairensis (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
• Cattleya boissieri Colombia.
• Cattleya bowringiana (Mexico to Honduras).
• Cattleya × brasiliensis (= C. bicolor × C. harrisoniana) (Brazil) .
• Cattleya × brymeriana (= C. violacea × C. wallisii) (N. Brazil).
• Cattleya candida (Colombia).
• Cattleya × colnagiana (Brazil).
• Cattleya × dayana (= C. forbesii × C. guttata) (Brazil).
• Cattleya × dolosa (= C. loddigesii × C. walkeriana) (Brazil).
• Cattleya dormaniana (Brazil)
• Cattleya dowiana : Queen of the Cattleyas (Costa Rica to Colombia).
  • Cattleya dowiana var. aurea : Golden Yellow Cattleya (S. Panama to Colombia). Pseudobulb epiphyte
  • Cattleya dowiana var. dowiana (Costa Rica). Pseudobulb epiphyte
• Cattleya × dukeana (C. bicolor × C. guttata) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya dupontii (Brazil).
• Cattleya × duveenii ( = C. guttata × C. harrisoniana) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya elegantissima (Venezuela).
• Cattleya elongata (Brazil)
• Cattleya forbesii (Brazil)
• Cattleya gaskelliana (Colombia to Trinidad).
• Cattleya × gransabanensis (= C. jenmanii × C. lawrenceana) (Venezuela).
• Cattleya granulosa (Brazil)
• Cattleya × guatemalensis (= C. aurantiaca × C. skinneri.) (SE. Mexico to C. America). National flower of Guatemala
• Cattleya guttata (Brazil).
• Cattleya × hardyana ( = C. dowiana var.aurea × C. warscewiczii) (Colombia).
• Cattleya harrisoniana (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya herbacea (NE. Argentina).
• Cattleya × hybrida (= C. guttata × C. loddigesii) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya × imperator ( = C. granulata × C. labiata) (NE. Brazil).
• Cattleya intermedia (SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay).
• Cattleya × intricata (=. C. intermedia × C. leopoldii) (S. Brazil).
• Cattleya iricolor (Ecuador to Peru).
• Cattleya × isabella (.= C. forbesii × C. intermedia) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya × itatiayae (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya jenmanii (Venezuela to Guyana).
• Cattleya × joaquiniana ( = C. bicolor × C. walkeriana) (Brazil) .
• Cattleya × kautskyi (= C. harrisoniana × C.) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya kerrii (Brazil).
• Cattleya labiata (Brazil)
• Cattleya lawrenceana (Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil).
• Cattleya loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina).
  • Cattleya loddigesii subsp. loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina). Pseudobulb epiphyte
  • Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
• Cattleya × lucieniana ( = C. forbesii × C. granulosa) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya lueddemanniana (N. Venezuela).
• Cattleya luteola (N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia).
• Cattleya maxima (Venezuela to Peru).
• Cattleya × measuresii ( = C. aclandiae × C. walkeriana) (E. Brazil).
• Cattleya mendelii (NE. Colombia).
• Cattleya × mesquitae ( = C. nobilior × C. walkeriana) (Brazil).
• Cattleya × mixta ( = C. guttata × C. schofieldiana) (Brazil).
• Cattleya × moduloi (C. schofieldiana × C. warneri) (Brazil).
• Cattleya mooreana (Peru).
• Cattleya mossiae : Easter Orchid (N. Venezuela)
• Cattleya motae (Brazil).
• Cattleya nobilior (WC. Brazil to Bolivia).
• Cattleya patinii (Costa Rica to Venezuela, Trinidad).
• Cattleya × patrocinii (= C. guttata × C. warneriana) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya percivaliana : Christmas orchid (Colombia to W. Venezuela).
• Cattleya × picturata ( = C. guttata × C. intermedia) (SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya porphyroglossa (Brazil).
• Cattleya × resplendens ( = C. granulosa × C. schilleriana) (NE. Brazil)
• Cattleya rex (Colombia to N. Peru).
• Cattleya schilleriana (Brazil).
• Cattleya schofieldiana (Brazil)
• Cattleya schroderae : Easter Orchid (NE. Colombia).
• Cattleya × scita (= C. intermedia × C. tigrina) (S. Brazil).
• Cattleya skinneri : Flower of San Sebastian (SE. Mexico to C. America).
• Cattleya storeyi (Windward Is. (Barbados.
• Cattleya × tenuata (= C. elongata × C. tenuis) (Brazil) .
• Cattleya tenuis (NE. Brazil).
• Cattleya tigrina (SE. & S. Brazil).
• Cattleya trianae : Christmas Orchid (Colombia).
• Cattleya × undulata ( = C. elongata × C. schilleriana) (Brazil).
• Cattleya velutina (Brazil)
• Cattleya × venosa (= C. forbesii × C. harrisoniana) (Brazil).
• Cattleya × victoria-regina ( C. guttata × C. labiata) (NE. Brazil).
• Cattleya violacea : Superba of the Orinoco (S. Trop. America).
• Cattleya walkeriana (WC. & SE. Brazil).
• Cattleya wallisii (N. Brazil).
• Cattleya warneri (E. Brazil).
• Cattleya warscewiczii (Colombia).
• Cattleya whitei (Brazil)
• Cattleya × wilsoniana ( = C. bicolor × C. intermedia). (Brazil).

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Painting of a Cattleya by Martin Johnson Heade, 1871 - National Gallery of Art, Washington

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