Cattleya walkeriana Gardner 1843 SUBGENUS 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 pseudobulb 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 fall but can occur at other times [see varieties below].

Synonyms Cattleya bulbosa Lindley 1847; Cattleya gardneriana Rchb.f 1870; Cattleya princeps B.-Rod. 1877; 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 ; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum walkeriana; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1964; Orcidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1972; Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleya and their Color Variations 1977; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel; Cribb & Laurent 1982; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 10 1985 photo; The Cattleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 7 1992 photo; Miniature Orchids McQueen 1992; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 9 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 no 9 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 3 2005 photo; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 4 2007 photo; Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007; Orchid Digest Vol 72 No 3 2008

Cattleya walkeriana var. alba Gardner 1843 Subgen Rhizantha Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 10 1985 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 no 9 2004 photo;

Cattleya walkeriana var. coerulea Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista Copyright ©

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 no 9 2004 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 12 2005 photo

~Cattleya walkeriana Gardner var nobilior Veitch 1887 - See Cattleya nobilior Rchb.f 1883 Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

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Cattleya walkeriana var princeps [Barb Rodr] Menzes 1993 Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista

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Blooms in the spring on a more developed pseudobulb with a leaf

Synonyms *Cattleya princeps Barb Rodr. 1877;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 3 1993 photo;

Cattleya walkeriana var. semi-alba "tokio" Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptista