Cattleya labiata Pynaert

Orchid Species: Cattleya labiata

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Cattleya labiata is an orchid species identified by Pynaert in 1824.

Genus

Cattleya (C.)

Grex

labiata
(name currently accepted by Kew)

Parents

Species

Author

Pynaert

Year

1824

ORIGIN: Found in Venezuela and Brazil at elevations of 600 to 900 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Warm growing, variable sized epiphyte with club-shaped, slightly compressed pseudobulbs subtended by several greenish, thin textured sheaths and carrying a single, apical, oblong, obtuse, coriaceous leaf that blooms mostly in the fall and early winter on a short, few [2 to 5] flowered inflorescence subtended by a double, leathery sheath.

FLOWER SIZE: 7 inches [17.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).

Other NamesGenus NameGenusGrex NameYearAuthor

Add+	Cattleya	C	bullieri	1886	Carrière
Add+	Cattleya	C	lemoniana	1846	Lindl.
Add+	Cattleya	C	nalderiana	1885	Rchb.f.
Add+	Cattleya	C	oweniana	1892	auct.
Add+	Cattleya	C	pallida	1851	Lindl. & Paxton
Add+	Cattleya	C	peetersii	1885	André
Add+	Cattleya	C	regalis	1883	auct.
Add+	Cattleya	C	rochellensis
Add+	Cattleya	C	rollissonii	1861	T.Moore
Add+	Cattleya	C	warocqueana	1890	Linden
Add+	Cattleya	C	labiata f. semialba-striata
Add+	Cattleya	C	labiata h.f. semialba-tubular
Add+	Cattleya	C	leeana	1883	Sander
Add+	Cattleya	C	massangeana	1883	Rchb.f.

Most awarded/recent cultivars: C. labiata 'Goliath' (4 awards from 1993 to 2015) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Lorena' (3 awards from 2017 to 2018) C. labiata h.f. roxobispo 'Urbano' (3 awards from 2014 to 2018) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'Ching Hua #1' (3 awards from 2005 to 2017) C. labiata 'Eisenheim' (3 awards from 2011 to 2013) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Carlota Joaquina' (2 awards from 2015 to 2018) C. labiata 'Elisabeth' (2 awards from 2013 to 2018) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'Feitigo' (2 awards from 2010 to 2017) C. labiata 'Laetitia' (2 awards from 2011 to 2016) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Mossoró' (2 awards from 2014 to 2016) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Mossoro' (2 awards from 2011 to 2016) C. labiata 'Lorena' (2 awards in 2016) C. labiata f. coerulea 'Eisenheim' (2 awards from 2011 to 2015) C. labiata 'Ipanema' (2 awards in 2015) C. labiata h.f. semialba 'Marina' (2 awards from 2004 to 2015) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'Claire' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata h.f. rubra 'São Carlos' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata 'Allambie Whitewings' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata 'Canellas' (2 awards in 2014) C. labiata 'Sherwood Forest' (2 awards from 1991 to 2011)

orchids.org/grexes/cattleya-labiata

 

 

 

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