Cattleya mossiae C.Parker ex Hook.

 

Cattleya mossiae is an orchid species identified by C.Parker ex Hook. in 1838.

Genus

Cattleya (C.)

Grex

mossiae
(name currently accepted by Kew)

Parents

Species

Author

C.Parker ex Hook.

Year

1838

ORIGIN: An endemic Venezuelan, small to medium sized, unifoliate, warm to cool growing epiphyte occurring at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters in dense forests high in the canopy.

DESCRIPTION: Small to medium sized, unifoliate, warm to cool growing epiphyte with fusiform, ridged, green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong to narrowly ovate-oblong leaf that is rounded apically and blooms in the spring on a terminal, 12 [30 cm] long, few to several [2 to 7] flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carries very fragrant, color variable flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 8 inches [20 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).

orchids.org/grexes/cattleya-mossiae

 

Cattleya mossiae (literally 'Moss' Cattleya'), commonly known as the Easter orchid, is a species of labiate Cattleya orchid. The white-flowered form is sometimes known as Cattleya wagneri. The diploid chromosome number of C. mossiae has been determined as 2n = 40. The haploid chromosome number has been determined as n = 20.

It is among the group of very fragrant orchids.

Cattleya mossiae - Wikipedia

 

 

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