!Cattleya labiata Lindley 1821 SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley Photo by © Lourens Grobler

Plant and flowers Photo Courtesy of Jean Claude George

Color VariationPhoto Courtesy of Gary Ashley

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Common Name Crimson or Ruby Lipped Cattleya

Flower Size 7" [17.5 cm]

Found in Venezuela and Brazil at elevations of 600 to 900 meters as a hot to warm growing, variable sized epiphyte with club-shaped, slightly compressed pseudobulbs subtended by several greenish, thin textured sheaths and carrying a single, apical, oblong, obtuse, coriaceous leaf that blooms mostly in the fall and early winter on a short, few [2 to 5] flowered inflorescence subtended by a double, leathery sheath and is a cool to warm growing orchid species.

Synonyms Cattleya bullieri D.J. Carr 1886; Cattleya labiata f. albo-oculata Cogn. 1897; Cattleya labiata f. purpureostriata Cogn. 1897; Cattleya labiata var. albo-oculata (Cogn.) L.C.Menezes 1987; Cattleya labiata var. amesiana L.C.Menezes 2002; Cattleya labiata var. amoena L.C.Menezes 2002; Cattleya labiata var. atropurpurea L.C.Menezes 2002; Cattleya labiata var autumnalis Linden 1887; Cattleya labiata var. caerulea L.C.Menezes 2002; Cattleya labiata var. concolor L.C.Menezes 2002; Cattleya labiata var genuina Stein 1892; Cattleya labiata var. purpureolineata L.C.Menezes 2002; Cattleya labiata var. purpureostriata (Cogn.) L.C.Menezes 1987; Cattleya labiata var. semialba L.C.Menezes 2002; Cattleya labiata var warocqueana Rolfe 1890; Cattleya labiata vera Veitch 1887; Cattleya labiatum Rchb.f 1861; Cattleya leeana Sander 1883; Cattleya lemoniana Lindley 1846; Cattleya massangeana Rchb. f. 1883; Cattleya morganae Warner 1882; Cattleya nalderiana Rchb. f. 1885; Cattleya oweniana auct. 1892; Cattleya pallida Lindl. & Paxton 1851-2; Cattleya peetersii André 1885; Cattleya perrinii Endl. in A.Hartinger 1845; Cattleya regalis hort. 1883; Cattleya rochellensii Rchb. f. 1888; Cattleya rollissonii T. Moore 1861; Cattleya wallisii L. Linden & Rchb. f. 1882; Cattleya warocqueana L. Linden 1890; Epidendrum labiatum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Epidendrum labiatum var lemonianum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862; Epidendrum labiatum var pallidum (Lindl. & Paxton) Rchb.f. 1862; Epidendrum labiatum var. pictum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum var lemonianum; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum var pallidum; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum var pictum; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965/87; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1975; The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1982; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 11 1992 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 11 1992 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 11 1992 photo as C labiata var semi-alba; Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 3 1993 photo; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 3 1997 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 9 1999 photo; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 9 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 10 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 12 2005 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2006 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 9 2008 photo

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Cattleya labiata venosa estriata "Carla Giovana Lindley 1821SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley

Photo Courtesy of Alisson Xavier Mendes Filho

Cattleya labiata Lindley var. albaSUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 12 1984 photo;

Cattleya labiata Lindley var. coerulea 1821 SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley Photo courtesy of Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 9 2008 photo

Cattleya labiata var fowleyanaSUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley Photo courtesy of Wilma Braga

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