Cattleya x dolosa [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1876 SUBGENUS Intermedia [Cogn.] Withner 1989

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Common Name Dolose Cattleya or the Crafty or Deceitful Cattleya

Flower Size to 5" [to 12.5 cm]

Found on rock outcroppings in south central Brazil near Sao Paulo with fusiform pseudobulbs carrying 2, narrowly elliptic or elliptic oblong, obtuse or rounded apically leaves. It blooms in the spring on a terminal, to 3 5/8" [to 9 cm] single to few flowered inflorescence that has fragrant, heavy-textured flowers.

Often thought to be a natural hybrid between C walkeriana and C loddigesii but it has not been able to be duplicated artificially. The major difference between this species and C walkeriana is that the fall blooming inflorescence arises on the apex of a mature pseudobulb while C walkeriana is on a separate immature growth.

Synonyms Cattleya x eximia Barb. Rodr. 1877; Cattleya x obrieniana Rolfe 1889; Cattleya × schroederiana Rchb.f. 1883; Cattleya walkeriana var. dolosa (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent 1887; Cattleya walkeriana var. schroederiana (Rchb.f.) H.J.Veitch 1887; *Epidendrum x dolosum Rchb.f 1862;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest No 36 No 1 1972 photo fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1975 as C x obrieniana drawing ?; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as C x schroderiana; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 19865 as C x dolosa; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 9 1996 photo fide; The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #4 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #9 2011 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #11 2020 photo fide;

Cattleya dolosa [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1876 var alba

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A white flower variety of the previous species.

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