Cattleya porphyroglossa L. Linden & Rchb. f. 1856 SUBGENUS Falcata SECTION Granulosae [Fowlie]Withner 1989 Photo Courtesy of Jay Pfahl, plant grown by JEM Orchids

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Common Name Purple Lipped Cattleya

Flower Size 3" [7.5 cm]

A Brazilian, hot to cool, bifoliate, epiphytic species found low on trees near water with cylindrical, laterally compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, ellipic, coriaceous, leaves that blooms in the summer on a terminal, shorter to 4" [10 cm], several flowered, long-lived inflorescence that has strongly fragrant, heavy-textured flowers occuring in the spring. It is often found in nature with Cattleya harrisoniana.

Synonyms Cattleya batalini Sander & Kranzlin 1892[non-hybrid]; Cattleya dijanceana hort ex Rolfe 1902; Epidendrum porphyroglossum Rchb.f 1862

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum porphyroglossum; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1873 as Epidendrum porphyroglossum drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1972; AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 7 1984 photo; Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;

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