Cattleya bicolor Lindley 1836 SUBGENUS Schomburgkoidea Withner 1989
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Weyman Bussey
Photo by © Wilma Braga
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EARLY
Occasional 
Common Name Bicolored Cattleya
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil as a medium to large sized, cool to warm growing orchid with long and slender, clustered, jointed, grooved pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, oblong-lorate, coriaceous, obtuse leaves which blooms in the spring and early summer and occasionally again in the fall on a terminal, short, 1 to several [7] flowered inflorescence arising through a large basal sheath and giving rise to a heavy textured, highly fragrant, spicy to aromatic floral scented, long-lived flower that is not often seen in hybridizing.
Synonyms Cattleya bicolor f. alba (Fowlie) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004; Cattleya bicolor subsp. brasiliensis Fowlie 1977; Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis L.C.Menezes & Braem 1992; Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgaerensis Fowlie 1977; Cattleya bicolor var. caerulea auct. 1894; Cattleya bicolor var. lewisii auct. 1896; Cattleya bicolor var. mearuresiana B.S.Williams 1888; Cattleya bicolor var. olocheilos Klinge 1898; Cattleya bicolor var. splendida Rchb.f 1857; Cattleya bicolor var. wrigleyana Rchb.f. 1885; Cattleya dupontii Ruschi 1970; Cattleya grossii Kraenzl. 1897; Cattleya measuresiana (Lindl.) Blumensch. 1961; Cattleya tetraploidea Brieger 1978; Epidendrum bicolor [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861; Epidendrum iridee Desc. 1821
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum bicolor; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C gossii; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 10 1957 drawing fide; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 2 1960; AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 6 1960 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966; AOS Bulletin Vol 37 No 2 1968 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 34 #9 1970 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 1 1972 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 1 1972 as C bicolor var grossii photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 1 1973 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 3 1973 as C grossii photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 38 No 1 1974 photo fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C bicolor var grossii drawing fide; 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 tetraploides; The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 1 1982 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 #1 1982 as C bicolor var alba photo fide; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 5 1982 photo fide; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 10 1983 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 10 1983 as C bicolor var albaphoto fide; AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 7 1984 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 2 1985 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 no 3 1986 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 no 7 1986 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 2 1988 photo fide; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide; Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 3 1993 photo fide; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 7 1994 photo fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 photo fide;Orchid Digerst Vol 64 #2 2000 photo fide; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 10 2004 photo fide; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo fide; The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehauer 2008 drawingphoto fide; Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #6 2014 photo fide; Orchids of Tropical America an introduction and guide Meisel 2014 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #10 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #8 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #5 2019 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #1 2020 photo fide
Cattleya bicolor ssp brazilensis Fowlie 1977
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 #3 1983 ad photo fide; Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #8 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 as C bicolor f coerula photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #1 2020 photo fide
Cattleya bicolor Lindley var coerulea
Photo by Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall
This is a blue color variety.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970; Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 photo fide;
Cattleya bicolor Lindley var grossii
Photo by Paula Vagner
Another Clone Photo by J A Fowlie
Synonyms Cattleya grossii Kranzlin 1897
Cattleya bicolor var. mearuresiana B.S.Williams 1888
Photo by J A Fowlie
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