C. loddigesii
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Orchid Species: Cattleya loddigesii
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Cattleya loddigesii is an orchid species identified by Lindl. in 1826.
Genus
Cattleya (C.)
Grex
loddigesii
(name currently accepted by Kew)
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
Lindl.
Year
1826
ORIGIN: From near the coast from Bahia Brazil south to Argentina and Paraguay, in both sun and shade.
DESCRIPTION: A medium sized, cool to warm growing, bifoliate epiphyte or lithophyte with cylindrical, narrowing basally pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, elliptic-oblong, leathery, obtuse leaves and blooms in the late summer on a terminal, 12 [30 cm] long, long-lived, few to several [2 to 9] flowered inflorescence subtended by a small, broad, dried sheath that has waxy, fragrant, long-lived, color variable flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 4 1/2 inches [11.25 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: A medium sized, cool to warm growing, bifoliate epiphyte or lithophyte with cylindrical, narrowing basally pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, elliptic-oblong, leathery, obtuse leaves and blooms in the late summer on a terminal, 12 [30 cm] long, long-lived, few to several [2 to 9] flowered inflorescence subtended by a small, broad, dried sheath that has waxy, fragrant, long-lived, color variable flowers.
FLOWER SIZE: 4 1/2 inches [11.25 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 | arembergii | 1843 | |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | caucaensis | 1901 | |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | obrieniana | 1889 | |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | o'brieniana | ||
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | ruckeri | 1865 | |
| Add+ | Epidendrum | Epi | harrisonianum | 1861 | |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | loddigesii f. venosa | ||
| Add+ | Epidendrum | Epi | loddigesii | 1861 | (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | x dolosa h.f. coerulea | ||
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | x eximia | 1877 | Barb.Rodr. |
| Add+ | Cymbidium | Cym | candidum | 1816 | Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt |
| Add+ | Epidendrum | Epi | dolosum | ||
| Add+ | Epidendrum | Epi | x dolosum | 1874 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | x obrieniana | 1889 |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
C. loddigesii 'Impassionata'
(3 awards from
1995
to
2008)
C. loddigesii 'Loretta'
(2 awards from
2017
to
2018)
C. loddigesii 'Hilda'
(2 awards in
2017)
C. loddigesii 'Repouso do Guerreiro'
(2 awards from
2012
to
2016)
C. loddigesii h.f. alba 'Brasília'
(2 awards from
2013
to
2016)
C. loddigesii 'Laetitia'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2015)
C. loddigesii 'Highjack'
(2 awards in
2013)
C. loddigesii 'Martinique'
(2 awards from
2006
to
2009)
C. loddigesii 'Yi Mei'
(2 awards from
2006
to
2008)
C. loddigesii 'Mai Short Sweetheart'
(2 awards in
2008)
C. loddigesii h.f. coerulea 'Isa'
(2 awards from
1997
to
1998)
C. loddigesii 'Brian'
(2 awards in
1996)
C. loddigesii 'Bill Thoms'
(2019)
C. loddigesii 'Paul'
(2019)
C. loddigesii 'María Adelia'
(2019)
C. loddigesii 'Kathleen'
(2019)
C. loddigesii 'Carnoustie'
(2019)
C. loddigesii 'Izzy'
(2019)
C. loddigesii 'Bodenseeperle'
(2018)
C. loddigesii 'Deggendorf'
(2018)
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