Cattleya amethystoglossa Linden & Rchb. f. ex Warner 1862 SUBGENUS Falcata SECTION Guttatae [Cogn.] Withner 1989 Photo courtesy of Eric Hunt

Plant Ensitu in Bahia Brazil Photo courtesy of Sidney Marçal

FragrancePart sunCool To WarmFallWinterEARLYSpring

Common Name Amethest Lipped Cattleya

Flower Size 4" [10 cm]

Found in Bahia, Minas Gerais and Pernambuco states of Brazil as a large sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte at elevations around 600 meters growing on rock outcrops near the sea and on palms in full sun with lots of warmth and humid air with tall, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical leaves that blooms in the fall, winter and early spring with a terminal, several to many [10 to 30] flowered, inflorescence that has fragrant flowers. This species needs ample light, water and fertilizer while growing and a definite rest when in dormancy. This species is very similar to C guttata yet differs in the flowers which here are white or pale rose, spotted dark roseor mauve on the sepals and petals and the lip haswhite lateral lobes, and a magenta midlobe and a pale gold or white throat.

Synonyms Cattleya amethystoglossa var. lilacina (Rchb.f.) Fowlie 1977; Cattleya guttata keteleerii Houlet. 1875; Cattleya guttatta lilacina Barb. Rod. 1882; Cattleya guttata prinzii Rchb.f 1856; Cattleya guttata Lindley var prinzii [Rchb.f]A.D.Hawkes; Cattleya purpurina R. Br 1882; *Epidendrum amethestoglosum Rchb.f 1861; Epidendrum elatius Rchb.f var prinzii Rchb.f 1862

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1975; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 10 1985 photo; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1982; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 4 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 7 2005 photo; Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 7 2006 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo;

Cattleya amethystoglossa Linden & Rchb. f. ex Warner 1862 var coerulla

Photo not availableto EARLY