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Cattleya
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Cattleya orchids are among the most familiar orchids in the world. The genus includes roughly 50 known species, all native to the New World tropics, but an enormous number of hybrid forms have been produced as well, both by crossing different Cattleya species with each other and by crossing Cattleya species with species in related genera. Cattleya are epiphytes, growing on trees or rocks. Like many epiphytic orchids, cattleyas have water-storage organs (known as "pseudobulbs") and large, fleshy roots with a spongy, water-retaining covering. Cattleya flowers are showy and long-lasting and often very fragrant. The flowers of the largest modern hybrids can exceed eight inches in diameter, while the smallest hybrids have flowers of just two to three inches, often exceeding the size of the plant. For most of the second half of the 20th century, and to some degree still, Cattleya was the "standard" orchid to which other orchids were compared by growers. (Fitch 2004; Banks 2005; Cattleya Source website)
Well into the early 1800s, epiphytic orchids were widely (and erroneously) believed to be parasitic on the trees on which they were found, feeding on their sap, leading to the persistent failure of many efforts to bring beautiful new orchids into cultivation. By the time cattleyas were being imported from their native lands in significant numbers, however, the challenges of growing these orchids had already been largely resolved. (Chadwick and Chadwick 2006)
By the mid-19th century, Cattleya orchids were extremely popular with orchid hobbyists in Europe--and quickly became big business as well. In the 1920s, Lewis Knudson, an American researcher, developed a sterile growing technique that dramatically reduced seedling mortality and represented an enormous efficiency improvement for commercial growers. Cattleyas became an important source of cut flowers for florists in the U.S., as they had been for some years in Europe, where the use of these expensive flowers was a status symbol. In the 1930s and 1940s in the U.S., Cattleya orchids replaced camellias and gardenias as the classic flowers for use in corsages. By the 1950s, however, Cymbidium orchids were replacing cattleyas for use in corsages. Cymbidiums were longer-lasting and were smaller and more compact, yet still large enough to make a corsage from a single flower. They also traveled better and were less expensive to grow. In fact, cymbidiums were so much cheaper than cattleyas that the cattleya market for corsages faded away. However, cymbidiums became so cheap that their glamour quickly faded and the market for orchid corsages in general declined. Although the orchid corsage market was much diminished, the second half of the 20th century saw an explosion in orchid breeding for the cut flower industry and orchid hobbyists. In the 1960s, a new, far more efficient, method of cloning orchids was developed in France, dramatically reducing the cost of propagating new and unusual varieties. Today, cattleyas are available in a dazzling array of colors, sizes, shapes, textures, and fragrances, although many of the fine old varieties are no longer commercially available. (Chadwick and Chadwick 2006)
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Foodplant / pathogen
Cattleya Mosaic virus infects and damages colour-breaked, sometimes malformed flower of Cattleya
Foodplant / pathogen
Cymbidium Mosaic virus infects and damages necrotic spotted leaf of Cattleya
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Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) Stats
Specimen Records:33
Specimens with Sequences:31
Specimens with Barcodes:30
Species:18
Species With Barcodes:18
Public Records:27
Public Species:18
Public BINs:0
Cattleya /ˈkætliːə/[2] is a genus of 113 species of orchids from Costa Rica and the Lesser Antilles south to Argentina.[1] The genus was named in 1824 by John Lindley after William Cattley[3] who received and was the first to bloom a specimen of Cattleya labiata. William Swainson had discovered the new plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1817 and shipped to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens for identification. Swainson requested that a few plants be later sent to Cattley, who was able to bloom one a full year before the plants in Glasgow. It would be another 70 years before they would be rediscovered in the wild because of a mixup in the assumed location of the plants. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals.
They are widely known for their large, showy flowers, and were used extensively in hybridization for the cut-flower trade until the 1980s when pot plants became more popular. This genus and the numerous hybrids come close, through their beauty, to the idealized picture we[who?] have of the orchids.[citation needed] The flowers of the hybrids can vary in size from 5 cm to 15 cm or more. They occur in all colors except true blue and black.
The typical flower has three rather narrow sepals and three usually broader petals: two petals are similar to each other, and the third is the quite different conspicuous lip, featuring various markings and specks and an often frilly margin. At the base, the margins are folded into a tube. Each flower stalk originates from a pseudobulb. The number of flowers varies; it can be just one or two, or sometimes up to ten.
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Species in 1999[edit]
Species accepted in the genus as of 1999
- C. aclandiae: Lady Ackland's Cattleya (Brazil)
- C. amethystoglossa: Amethyst-lipped Cattleya (Brazil)
- C. araguaiensis: Cattleya from Araguaia river (Brazil) == Cattleyella araguaiensis (Pabst) van den Berg & M. W. Chase.
- C. aurantiaca: Orange Cattleya (Mexico to C. America) == Guarianthe aurantiaca, see Guarianthe
- C. aurea: Golden-yellow Cattleya (S. Panama to Colombia). Pseudobulb epiphyte
- C. bicolor: Bicolored Cattleya (SE. Brazil)
- Cattleya bicolor subsp. bicolor (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
- Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
- Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgeraiensis (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
- C. bowringiana: Bowring's Cattleya (Mexico to Honduras) == Guarianthe bowringiana, see Guarianthe
- C. candida (Colombia).
- C. dormaniana: Dorman's Cattleya (Brazil)
- C. dowiana: Queen of the Cattleyas, Dow's Cattleya (Costa Rica).
- C. elongata: Cattleya with the Elongated Stalk (Brazil). 2n = 80[4]
- C. forbesii: Forbes' Cattleya (Brazil)
- C. gaskelliana: Gaskell's Cattleya (Colombia to Trinidad).
- C. granulosa: Granulose Cattleya (Brazil)
- C. guttata: Spotted Cattleya (Brazil).
- C. harrisoniana: Harrison's Cattleya (SE. Brazil).
- C. intermedia: Intermediate Cattleya (SE. & S. Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay).
- C. intermedia var. orlata
- C. iricolor: Rainbow-colored Cattleya (Ecuador to Peru).
- C. jenmanii: Jenman's Cattleya (Venezuela to Guyana).
- C. kerrii: Kerr's Cattleya (Brazil).
- C. labiata: Crimson Cattleya, Ruby-lipped Cattleya, named for the large labellum (Brazil)
- C. lawrenceana: named for Sir Trevor Lawrence (Venezuela, Guyana, N. Brazil).
- C. loddigesii: named for the Loddiges brothers (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina).
- Cattleya loddigesii subsp. loddigesii (SE. Brazil to NE. Argentina). Pseudobulb epiphyte
- Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea (Brazil). Pseudobulb epiphyte
- C. lueddemanniana: Lueddemann's Cattleya (N. Venezuela).
- C. luteola: named for the pale yellow flowers (N. Brazil, Ecuador to Bolivia).
- C. maxima: Christmas Flower, named for the large flowers (Venezuela to Peru).
- C. mendelii: named for Mendel (NE. Colombia).
- C. mooreana: named for Moore (Peru).
- C. mossiae: Easter Orchid, named for Mrs. Moss (N. Venezuela)
- C. nobilior: More noble Cattleya (WC. Brazil to Bolivia).
- C. patinii: named for Patin (Costa Rica to Venezuela, Trinidad) == Guarianthe patinii, see Guarianthe
- C. percivaliana: Christmas orchid, named for Percival (Colombia to W. Venezuela).
- C. porphyroglossa: Purple-lipped Cattleya (Brazil).
- C. rex: King of the Cattleyas (Colombia to N. Peru).
- C. schilleriana: named for Consul Schiller (Brazil).
- C. schofieldiana: named for Schofield (Brazil)
- C. schroederae: Easter Orchid, named for Baroness Schröder (NE. Colombia).
- C. skinneri: Flower of San Sebastian, Skinner's Cattleya (SE. Mexico to C. America) == Guarianthe skinneri, see Guarianthe
- C. tenuis: Slender-stemmed Cattleya (NE. Brazil).
- C. tigrina (SE. & S. Brazil).
- C. trianae: Dr. Triana's Cattleya (Colombia).
- C. velutina: Velvety Cattleya (Brazil) 2n = 40[5]
- C. violacea: Superba of the Orinoco, Brazil, Guyana, Violet Cattleya (S. Trop. America).
- C. walkeriana: Walker's Cattleya (WC. & SE. Brazil).
- C. wallisii: "Wallis' Cattleya" (N. Brazil).
- C. warneri: Warner's Cattleya (E. Brazil).
- C. warscewiczii: Warscewicz's Cattleya (Colombia).
Species added 2000-2010[edit]
In 2009, the genus Sophronitis was merged into Cattleya,[6] adding the following species (some of which belong to the genus Sophronitis in classifications used in 1999, and many of which belong to the genus Laelia in 1999:
- C. acuensis (Fowlie) Van den Berg, 2008: Açu Sophronitis (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
- C. alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho 1976) Van den Berg 2008: Alaor's Laelia (Brazil - Bahia).
- C. alagoensis (V. P. Castro & Chiron) Van den Berg 2008: (Brazil - Alagoas)
- C. alvaroana (F. E. L. Miranda 1999) Van den Berg 2008: (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
- C. angereri (Pabst 1975) Van den Berg 2008: Angerer's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. bicalhoi (Rchb.f. 1876) Van den Berg 2008: Day's Laelia (Brazil - S. Minas Gerais to Rio de Janeiro).
- C. blumenscheinii (Pabst 1975) Van den Berg 2008: Blumenschein's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. bradei (Pabst 1973) Van den Berg 2008: Brade's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. brevicaulis (H. G. Jones 1972) Van den Berg 2008: Short stemmed Hoffmannseggella (Brazil).
- C. brevipedunculata ((Cogn. 1902) Fowlie 1972)Van den Berg 2008 : Short-stalked Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst 1973) Van den Berg 2008: Laelia Briegeri (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. britoi (K. G. Lacerda & V. P. Castro) Campacci: Brito's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais) == S. crispata x S. neomirandae
- C. caulescens (Lindl.1841) Van den Berg 2008: Laelia crispilabia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. cernua (Lindl. 1828) Beer 1854: Sophronitis cernua' (Brazil to NE. Argentina). This was the type species for the now defunct genus Sophronitis[7]
- C. cinnabarina (Bateman ex Lindl. 1839) Van den Berg 2008: Cinnabar Sophronitis (Brazil - S. Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro).
- C. coccinea (Lindl. 1836!) Rchb.f. 1861): Scarlet Cattleya (Brazil to Argentina - Misiones).
- C. colnagoi (Chiron & V. P. Castro 2005) Van den Berg 2008: Colnago's Hoffmannseggella (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. conceicionensis (V. P. Castro & Campacci 2002) Van den Berg 2008: Hoffmannseggella of Conceição do Mato Dentro (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
- C. crispa (Lindl.! 1828) Rchb.f. 1853: Crisped Laelia (SE. Brazil)
- C. crispata (Thunb. 1818) Van den Berg 2008: Crisped Cymbidium (Brazil - Minas Gerais), Accepted for many decades by the RHS as Laelia flava Lindl.1839.
- C. dichroma (F. E. L. Miranda 1991) Van den Berg 2008: Two-colored Sophronitis (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
- C. duveenii nom. illeg. (Fowlie 1988) Van den Berg & M. W. Chase: Duveen's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Cipó). This is not to be confused with C. x duveenii Pabst & A .Ferreira (1977) == C. guttata x C. harrisoniana
- C. endsfeldzii (Pabst) Van den Berg 2008: Endsfeldz's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. esalqueana (Blumensch. ex Pabst 1973) Van den Berg 2008: ESALQ's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. fidelensis (Pabst 1967) Van den Berg 2008: São Fidélis Laelia (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
- C. flavasulina (F. E. L. Miranda & K. G. Lacerda 2003) Van den Berg 2008: Southern Yellow Hoffmannseggella (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
- C. fournieri (Cogn. 1897) Van den Berg 2008: Fournier's Laelia longipes (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
- C. ghillanyi (Pabst 1973) Van den Berg 2008: Ghilany's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. gloedeniana (Hoehne 1934) Van den Berg 2008: Gloeden's Laelia (Brazil - São Paulo).
- C. gracilis (Pabst 1979) Van den Berg 2008: Delicate Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Cipó).
- C. grandis (Lindl. 1859) A. A. Chadwick 2006: Large Laelia (Brazil - SE. Bahia to N. Espírito Santo).
- C. harpophylla (Rchb.f. 1873) Van den Berg 2008: Sickle-leaf Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais to Espírito Santo).
- C. hispidula (Pabst & A. F. Mello 1978) Van den Berg 2008: Finely Bristled Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. hoehnei Van den Berg 2008: Hoehn's Cattleya (Brazil - Espírito Santo). Hoehn originally described this (in 1938) as Laelia mixta
- C. itambana (Pabst 1973) Van den Berg 2008: Itambé Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. jongheana (Rchb.f. 1872) Van den Berg 2008: Jonghe's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. kautskyana (V. P. Castro & Chiron 2003) Van den Berg 2008: Kaustsky's Hoffmannseggella (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
- C. kettieana (Pabst 1976) Van den Berg & M. W. Chase: Kettie's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
- C. lietzelburgii (Schltr. 1921) Van den Berg 2008: Bahian Sophronitis (Bahia Laelia).
- C. liliputana (Pabst 1973) Van den Berg 2008: Dwarf Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais: Serra do Ouro Branco).
- C. lobata Lindl. 1848: Lobed Cattleya (SE. Brazil.) Known for decades as Laelia lobata
- C. longipes (Rchb.f. 1863) Van den Berg 2008: Long-foot Laelia (SE. Brazil - Serra do Cipó).
- C. lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm. 1881) Van den Berg 2008: Lund's Laelia (Bolivia to Argentina - Misiones, Salta).
- Sophronitis lundii f. alba (L. C. Menezes) Van den Berg & M. W. Chase
- C. mantiqueirae (Fowlie 1972) Van den Berg 2008: Mantiqueira Sophronitis (SE. Brazil).
- C. marcaliana (Campacci & Chiron 2002) Van den Berg 2008: Marçal's Dungsia (Brazil - Bahia).
- C. milleri (Blumensch. ex Pabst 1973) Van den Berg 2008: Miller's Sophronitis (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. munchowiana (F. E. L. Miranda 1999) Van den Berg 2008: Munchow's Laelia (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
- C. mirandae (K. G. Lacerda & V. P. Castro 2005) Vam dem Berg 2008: Miranda's Hoffmannseggella (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. neokautskyi (Pabst 1970) Van den Berg 2008: Kautsky's Laelia (SE. Brazil)
- C. pabstii (F. E. L. Miranda & K. G. Lacerda 2003) Van den Berg 2008: Pabst's Hoffmannseggella (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
- C. pendula (R. C. Mota, P. L. Viana & K. G. Lacerda 2003) Van den Berg 2008: Hanging Hoffmannseggella (Brazil - Minas Gerais)
- C. perrinii Lindl. 1838: Perrin's Cattleya (SE. Brazil)
- C. pfisteri (Pabst & Senghas 1975) Van den Berg 2008: Pfister's Laelia (Brazil - Bahia).
- C. praestans (Rchb.f. 1857) Van den Berg 2008: Spectacular Laelia (SE. Brazil)
- C. presidentensis (Campacci 2005) Van den Berg 2008: President's Hoffmannseggella (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. pumila Hook. 1838: Dwarf Cattleya (SE. & S. Brazil)
- C. purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton 1852) Van den Berg 2008: Purple Laelia (SE. & S. Brazil)
- C. pygmaea (Pabst 1976) Van den Berg 2008: Small Orange Sophronitis (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
- C. reginae (Pabst 1975) Van den Berg 2008: The Queen's Laelia (Brazil - Minas Gerais).
- C. sanguiloba (Withner 1990) Van den Berg 2008: Red-lobed Laelia (Brazil – Bahia)
- C. sincorana (Schltr 1917) Van den Berg 2008: Sincorá Laelia (Brazil - Bahia).
- C. tenebrosa (Rolfe 1893) A. A. Chadwick 2006: Dark Laelia (Brazil - SE. Bahia to Espírito Santo).
- C. verboonenii (F. E. L. Miranda 1993) Van den Berg 2008: Verboonen's Laelia (Brazil - Rio de Janeiro).
- C. virens (Lindl. 1844) Van den Berg 2008: Green Laelia (SE. Brazil)
- C. wittigiana (Barb. Rodr. 1878) Van den Berg 2008: Wittig's Sophronitis (Brazil - Espírito Santo).
- C. wittigiana f. candida (Roeth & O. Gruss 2005) Van den Berg 2008
- C. xanthina (Lindl. 1859) Van den Berg 2008: Yellow Laelia (Brazil - Bahia to Espírito Santo).
Natural Hybrids[edit]
- Cattleya × brasiliensi (= C. bicolor × C. harrisoniana) (Brazil) .
- Cattleya × brymeriana (= C. violacea × C. wallisii) (N. Brazil).
- Cattleya x calimaniorum Chiron & V.P.Castro (NE Brazil)
- Cattleya × colnagiana (Brazil).
- Cattleya × dayana (= C. forbesii × C. guttata) (Brazil).
- Cattleya × dolosa (= C. loddigesii × C. walkeriana): Dolose Cattleya, Crafty Cattleya, Deceitful Cattleya (Brazil).
- Cattleya × dukeana (C. bicolor × C. guttata) (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × duveenii ( = C. guttata × C. harrisoniana) (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × gransabanensis (= C. jenmanii × C. lawrenceana) (Venezuela).
- Cattleya × gravesiana (= C. lueddemanniana × C. mossiae) (Venezuela).
- Cattleya × guatemalensis (= C. aurantiaca × C. skinneri) : Guatemalan Cattleya (SE. Mexico to C. America); see Guarianthe
- Cattleya × hardyana ( = C. dowiana var.aurea × C. warscewiczii): Hardy's Cattleya (Colombia).
- Cattleya × hybrida (= C. guttata × C. loddigesii) (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × imperator ( = C. granulata × C. labiata) (NE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × intricata (=. C. intermedia × C. leopoldii) (S. Brazil).
- Cattleya × isabella (.= C. forbesii × C. intermedia) (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × itatiayae (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × joaquiniana ( = C. bicolor × C. walkeriana) (Brazil) .
- Cattleya × kautskyi (= C. harrisoniana × C. warneri) (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × lucieniana ( = C. forbesii × C. granulosa) (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × measuresii ( = C. aclandiae × C. walkeriana) (E. Brazil).
- Cattleya × mesquitae ( = C. nobilior × C. walkeriana) (Brazil).
- Cattleya × mixta ( = C. guttata × C. schofieldiana) (Brazil).
- Cattleya × moduloi (C. schofieldiana × C. warneri) (Brazil).
- Cattleya × patrocinii (= C. guttata × C. warneriana): Patrocinio's Cattleya (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × picturata ( = C. guttata × C. intermedia) (SE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × resplendens ( = C. granulosa × C. schilleriana) (NE. Brazil)
- Cattleya × scita (= C. intermedia × C. tigrina) (S. Brazil).
- Cattleya × tenuata (= C. elongata × C. tenuis) (Brazil) .
- Cattleya × undulata ( = C. elongata × C. schilleriana) (Brazil).
- Cattleya × venosa (= C. forbesii × C. harrisoniana) (Brazil).
- Cattleya × victoria-regina ( C. guttata × C. labiata) (NE. Brazil).
- Cattleya × wilsoniana ( = C. bicolor × C. intermedia). (Brazil).
- Cattleya × zayrae V.P.Castro & Cath (Bahia, Brazil)
Hybrids[edit]
Cattleyas have been hybridized both within the genus and with related genera for more than a century, but the last several decades have seen a remarkable increase in both the quantity and quality of the hybrids within the Cattleya alliance. Among the most popular are the Brassolaeliocattleya (Blc.) and Sophrolaeliocattleya (Slc.) hybrids. The vast majority of the Blc. hybrids have recently been moved into the new nothogenus Rhyncholaeliocattleya (Rlc.); the Slc. mostly into Cattleya, with a few in Laleliocattleya (Lc.)
Laelia (L.): Breeding with this genus refines the lip of the orchid, producing a more elongated closed "cone" that gracefully opens into the full lip of the blossom. Some species of Laelia also contribute an intense violet shade. Laelia + Cattleya = Laeliocattleya, the basis for many more complex and highly popular hybrids. Most species of Laelia (the "Brasilian Laelias") were merged into Cattleya[6] in the first decade of the third millennium, after a brief sojourn in Sophronitis.
Brassavola (B.): Most crosses with Brassavola are actually done with the Ryncholaelia digbyana, which was moved out of the Brassavola genus but was still considered such in naming the hybrid for many years. This cross is made in order to effect the fabulous "fringed", "feathered" or "ruffled" lip of the bloom; it also expands the lip of the blossom and the most imposing cattleya hybrids almost always have this species in their ancestry. These are usually the largest of the major cattleya hybrids. Brassavola + Cattleya = Brassocattleya, Brassavola + Laelia + Cattleya = Brassolaeliocattleya. Most, but not all, of these hybrids are now placed in Rhyncholaeliocattleya.
Sophronitis (Soph.): A tiny, flame-colored orchid that introduces the most intense red color to its descendants. Many crimson and scarlet cattleya hybrids betray sophronitis in their ancestry. Sophronitis is also used to miniaturize cattleya hybrids. Sophronitis + Laelia + Cattleya = Sophrolaeliocattleya. Sophronitis was recently merged into Cattleya, after being expanded to include most of the Laelia species.[6]
Potinara (Pot.): The combination of all three of the above with a Cattleya. Potinaras are not as popular as Blc's or Slc's, but there are some incredible examples coming in all ranges of colors from light green to magenta. Although it is not a rule, they are generally smaller than Blc's but larger than Slc's. The recent merging of Sophronitis into Cattleya[6] extinguished the nothogenus Potinara; most former Potinaras are now in the nothogenus Rhyncholaeliocattleya (Rlc.)
Yamadara (Yam.): The cross of the Blc combination with an [Epidendrum]. The addition of Epidendrum appears to increase flower yield, and some Yamadaras are intensely colored. With the recent discovery that the first Yamadara was registered as Adamara, the nothogeneric epithet Yamadara has been extinguished and replaced with Adamara.
Hawkinsara (Hknsa.): The Slc combination crossed with Broughtonia. Smaller, often magenta/reddish flowers. Many of these are now classified in the nothogenus Cattleytonia (Ctna.)
Cattleyas can be crossed with a large number of other allied genera, including Cattleyopsis, Caularthron, Schomburgkia, Tetramicra, etc. Hybridization can go all the way up to eight parent genera, such as Brassavola x Broughtonia x Cattleya x Cattleyopsis x Caularthron x Epidendrum x Laelia x Sophronitis in Gladysyeeara.
Marcel Proust[edit]
The phrase "to do a cattleya" is used as a playful euphemism for amorous fondling by the characters Odette and Swann in Marcel Proust's Remembrance of Things Past.[8][9]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607
- ^ Schmidt-Ostrander, Ingrid. "William Cattley (1788–1835)". The Canadian Orchid Congress. Retrieved 2011-02-11.
- ^ page 250 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract
- ^ page 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract
- ^ a b c d Ron McHatten (2009). "Forthcoming Name Changes". American orchid Society. Retrieved 2010-07-01.
- ^ Carl Leslie Withner, The Cattleyas and Their Relatives: Schomburgkia, Sophronitis, and Other South American Genera, Timber Press, 1990. p.67
- ^ Beautiful Plants – Proust's Cattleya Orchid
- ^ Chadwick, A.A. and Arthur E. (2006). The Classic Cattleyas. Portland OR: Timber Press. pp. 25–41. ISBN 978-0-88192-764-1.
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