Cattleya × silvana Pabst 1976 var semi-alba Photo courtesy of Sidney Marçal

Part shade Warm Summer

Common Name or Meaning The Forest Growing Cattleya

Flower Size

Found in NE Brazil in deep shade at elevations around 500 meters as a medium sized, warm growing lithophyte that blooms in the summer. Said to be a natural hybrid of Cattleya warneri × Laelia grandis.

Synonyms × Hadrocattleya albanensis (Rolfe) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; × Laeliocattleya albanensis Rolfe 1893; × Sophrocattleya albanensis (Rolfe) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2001

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 3 1985 drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 2 1992 photo; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001

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