Cattleya walkeriana Gardner 1843 Subgen Rhizantha Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
Another Clone 'Feiticeira' Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista
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Common Name Walker's Cattleya [English Orchid Collector in Brazil 1800's]
Flower Size 4 1/2 " [9 to 12 cm]
This is the only Catleya [other than C. nobilor] that the terminal, shorter, 1 to few flowered inflorescence arises from the base of the psuedobulb appearing as a new growth and has fragrant flowers that open very flat and it hails from Brazil where it grows on giant old trees on rocky limestone plateaus, small trees or moist rocks near streams at elevations up to 2000 meters with jointed, bulbous or shortly fusiform, shiney yellow pseudobulb carrying a single [rerely 2], apical, elliptic or ovate, leathery leaf that is rounded apically and blooms on a 3" [7.5 cm] long, arcuate, single to few [1 to 3] flowered inflorescence occuring mostly in the late winter and spring but can occur at other times.
Synonyms Cattleya bulbosa Lindley 1847; Cattleya gardneriana Rchb.f 1870; Cattleya princeps B.-Rod. 1877; Cattleya schroederiana Rchb. f. 1883; Cattleya walkeriana var. bulbosa (Lindl.) Fowlie 1977; Cattleya walkeriana var. princeps L.C.Menezes 1993; Epidendrum walkerianum [Gardn.]Rchb.f 1862
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; The Cattleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel; Cribb & Laurent 1982; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992; Orcidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1972; Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleya and their COlor Variations 1977; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993
Cattleya walkeriana var. alba Gardner 1843 Cattleya walkeriana var. coerulea
~Cattleya walkeriana Gardner var nobilior Veitch 1887
Cattleya walkeriana var princeps Cattleya walkeriana var. semi-alba "tokio" to
