Cattleya mossiae Hkr. 1838 SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley Photo courtesy of Jean Claude George
Another Color Form Photos courtesy of Patricia Harding
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Common Name Mrs. Moss' Cattleya [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]; in Venezuela - Cattleya de Pascua or Easter Cattleya
Flower Size 8" [20 cm]
An endemic Venezuelan, small to medium sized, unifoliate, warm to cool growing epiphyte occuring at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters in dense forests high in the canopy, that is their national flower, with fusiform, ridged, green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong to narrowly ovate-oblong leaf that is rounded apically and blooms on a terminal, 12" [30 cm, few to several [2 to 7] flowered inflorescence arising on amature pseudobulb and carries very fragrant, color variable flowers occuring in the spring.
Synonyms Cattleya aliciae L. Linden 1895; Cattleya carrieri Houller. 1883; Cattleya edithiana Warner ex Williams 1868; Cattleya labiata var atropurpurea Paxton 1844; Cattleya labiata var candida Lindley & Paxton 1850; Cattleya labiata var mossiae [Hkr.]Lindley 1840; Cattleya labiata var picta Lindley & Paxton 1850; Cattleya labiata var picta [Lindley & Paxton]Rchb.f 1874; Cattleya labiata var reineckiana [Rchb.f]A.D.Hawkes; Cattleya mossiae Hkr. var. reineckiana Hook.; Cattleya mossiae var. wageneri Braem 1986; Cattleya reineckiana Hort. 1883; Cattleya reineckiana Rchb.f 1856; Cattleya wageneri Rchb.f 1854; Cattleya wagneri Hort.; Epidendrum labiatum var. mossiae [Hkr.] Rchb.f 1861
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum var mossiae; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 4 1962 photo; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1967 as C labiata var mossiae; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970 as C labiata var mossiae; Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976; Orchids of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Dunsterville & Garay 1979; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel; Cribb & Laurent 1982; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 10 1984 photo; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 3 1997 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 3 1998 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 6 2000 photo; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 3 2004; 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 76 No 4 2007 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008 photo;
Cattleya mossiae Hkr. var alba 1838
Cattleya mossiae Hkr. var coerula 1838
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 3 1997 photo;
Cattleya mossiae Hkr. var. reineckiana Hooker 1838
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Flower Size 8" [20 cm]
Found in Venezuela as a cool to hot growing epiphyte where it blooms in the spring on a short, few to several [2 to 7] flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers
Synonyms Epidendrum labiatum var. reineckeanum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum var reineckiana; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 2 1978 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 3 1998 photo;
Cattleya mossiae Hkr. Var semi-alba
Cattleya mossiae Hkr. var wageneri 1838 to
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Flower Size 8" [20 cm]
Found in Venezuela as a cool to hot growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring on a short, few to several [2 to 7] flowered inflorescence with fragrant flowers
Synonyms Cattleya mossiae f. wageneri (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya wageneri Rchb.f 1854; Epidendrum labiatum var. wageneri (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854 as C wagneri drawing; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum labiatum var wagneri
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