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Orchid Species: Cattleya amethystoglossa

(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)

Cattleya amethystoglossa is an orchid species identified by Linden & Rchb.f. ex R.Warner in 1862.
Genus
Cattleya (C.)
Grex
amethystoglossa
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Linden & Rchb.f. ex R.Warner
Year
1862
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ORIGIN: Found in Bahia, Minas Gerais and Pernambuco states of Brazil as a large sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte at elevations around 600 meters growing on rock outcrops near the sea and on palms in full sun with lots of warmth and humid air.

DESCRIPTION: A large sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte at elevations around 600 meters growing on rock outcrops near the sea and on palms in full sun with lots of warmth and humid air with tall, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical leaves that blooms in the fall, winter and early spring with a terminal, several to many [10 to 30] flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 4 inches [10 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Cattleya C purpurina 1882 Barb.Rodr.
Add+ Cattleya C amethystoglossa f. aurea-coerulea
Add+ Cattleya C amethystoglossa h.f. semialba
Most awarded/recent cultivars: C. amethystoglossa 'Jaguar' (4 awards from 1992 to 2002) C. amethystoglossa 'Leopard' (3 awards from 1995 to 2018) C. amethystoglossa 'Orchidglade' (3 awards from 1975 to 2015) C. amethystoglossa 'Pink Powder Puff' (3 awards from 1980 to 1994) C. amethystoglossa 'H & R 4' (2 awards in 2009) C. amethystoglossa 'H & R 3' (2 awards in 2008) C. amethystoglossa 'Lea' (2 awards from 1986 to 1988) C. amethystoglossa 'Hutch' (2 awards from 1984 to 1987) C. amethystoglossa 'Orglade's Imperial' (2 awards from 1984 to 1986) C. amethystoglossa 'Fajen's Orchids Too' (2019) C. amethystoglossa h.f. coerulea 'Orchid Eros' (2019) C. amethystoglossa 'Rincon Siren' (2018) C. amethystoglossa h.f. flammea 'FB' (2018) C. amethystoglossa 'Dr. Humberto' (2018) C. amethystoglossa var. alba 'Lorena' (2018) C. amethystoglossa 'Redenção' (2017) C. amethystoglossa 'Fajen's Orchids' (2017) C. amethystoglossa h.f. coerulea 'Doña Ana' (2017) C. amethystoglossa 'Flora' (2017) C. amethystoglossa 'Akhtar' (2016)
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