Cattleya kerrii Brieger & Bicalho 1976 SUBGENUS Intermedia [Cogn.] Withner 1989 Photo courtesy of David Hunt

Another Clone Photo courtesy of Mauro Peixoto Copyrighted and his Brazilian Plants Website

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Common Name Kerr's Cattleya [English Botanist 1900 to 1930]

Flower Size 3 1/4" [8 cm]

A Brazilian uni or bifoliate species from the Atlantic forest of Bahia State on trees in swampy margins with shade, high humidity and high rainfall that blooms on a terminal, short, few flowered inflorescence subtended by a basal sheath.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen #10 37-40a tafel 10 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 drawing fide; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide;

Cattleya kerrii var coelrula Photo by © Sidney Marçal

A color variety of the previoous species

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