Cattleya schroderae Sander 1888 Subgen Cattleya sec Cattleya Lindley Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl
Different Color Variety Photo courtesy of Patricia Harding
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Common Name Baroness Schroder's Cattleya in Colombia [English Wife of Sir Henry Schroeder 1800's]; Cattleya de Pascua or Easter Cattleya
Flower Size 9" [22.5 cm]
Differs from Cattleta trianeae by the abscence of club shaped psuedobulbs, the larger flowers and the prominent orange spot on the crisper lip and is a Colombian hot to cool growing species that blooms in the spring on a short, erect, few flowered inflorescence held close to mid-leaf. This species is very similar to C. trianae yet differs in having larger flowers, which are dstrongly fragrant and have white to rose pink or light purple, petals that are strongly crisped and broader as well as a lip with a larger midlobe that is strongly crisped and has a large orange disc.
Synonyms Cattlya labiata var schroderae Sander 1888; Cattleya trianaei var schroederae Rchb.f 1887
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
The Cattleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987 as C labiata var schroederi; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel; Cribb & Laurent 1982; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005;
Cattleya schroderae Sander 1888 var alba Subgen Cattleya sec Cattleya Lindley
A white color variety of the previous species
