Cattleya pumila Hook.

Orchid Species: Cattleya pumila

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Cattleya pumila is an orchid species identified by Hook. in 1838.

Genus

Cattleya (C.)

Grex

pumila
(name currently accepted by Kew)

Parents

Species

Author

Hook.

Year

1838

ORIGIN: Brazilian, warm to cool growing, miniature, epiphytic species, from elevations of 600 to 1300 meters low down on trees in swampy woods with some shade and high humidity.

DESCRIPTION: Warm to cool growing, miniature, epiphytic species, with a solitary leaf and small, ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, narrowly oblong-ligulate, leathery leaf that blooms in the fall with one or 2, long-lasting, showy, fragrant flowers on a 3 3/4 [9 cm] long inflorescence subtended by a membranous sheath that likes some shade and high humidity unlike many others.

FLOWER SIZE: 3 to 4 inches [7.5 to 11 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).

Other NamesGenus NameGenusGrex NameYearAuthor

Add+	Cattleya	C	pinellii	1851	Lindl.
Add+	Cattleya	C	spectabilis	1850	Paxton
Add+	Hadrolaelia	Hdl	spectabilis	2004	(Paxton) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat.
Add+	Laelia	L	spectabilis	1990	(Paxton) Withner
Add+	Hadrolaelia	Hdl	pumila	2002	(Hook.) Chiron & V.P.Castro
Add+	Laelia	L	pumila	1853	(Hook.) Rchb.f.
Add+	Bletia	Bletia	pumila	1862	(Hook.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers
Add+	Sophronitis	S	pumila	2000	(Hook.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase
Add+	Cattleya	C	marginata	1843	(Lindl.) Beer

Most awarded/recent cultivars: C. pumila h.f. alba 'Wide Hill' (4 awards from 2014 to 2018) C. pumila 'Inge' (2 awards in 2018) C. pumila h.f. alba 'Albarus' (2 awards from 2015 to 2017) C. pumila 'Black Diamant' (2 awards from 2015 to 2016) C. pumila 'Thanh Nhi' (2 awards in 2012) C. pumila 'Ally' (2 awards in 2011) C. pumila 'Günter' (2018) C. pumila 'AWZ USA' (2018) C. pumila 'Dark Knight' (2018) C. pumila 'Super Nova' (2017) C. pumila h.f. coerulea 'Marcie Lyle' (2017) C. pumila 'Isabella Rosalia' (2017) C. pumila 'Jocelyn' (2017) C. pumila 'Kokusai' (2017) C. pumila 'Mountain View' (2017) C. pumila h.f. alba 'Alburus' (2017) C. pumila 'Darling' (2016) C. pumila 'Ninja' (2016) C. pumila 'Rudi' (2015) C. pumila h.f. coerulea 'Wössen' (2015)

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