!Cattleya labiata Lindley 1821 Subgen Cattleya sec 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
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1975; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1982; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957;
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Cattleya labiata venosa estriata "Carla Giovana Lindley 1821
Photo Courtesy of Alisson Xavier Mendes Filho
Cattleya labiata Lindley var. alba
Cattleya labiata Lindley var. coerulea 1821
Cattleya labiata var fowleyana
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