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Orchid Species: Cattleya mossiae

Cattleya mossiae is an orchid species identified by C.Parker ex Hook. in 1838.
Genus
Cattleya (C.)
Grex
mossiae
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
C.Parker ex Hook.
Year
1838
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ORIGIN: An endemic Venezuelan, small to medium sized, unifoliate, warm to cool growing epiphyte occurring at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters in dense forests high in the canopy.

DESCRIPTION: Small to medium sized, unifoliate, warm to cool growing epiphyte with fusiform, ridged, green pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong to narrowly ovate-oblong leaf that is rounded apically and blooms in the spring on a terminal, 12 [30 cm] long, few to several [2 to 7] flowered inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb and carries very fragrant, color variable flowers.

FLOWER SIZE: 8 inches [20 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Origin
Add+ Cattleya C aliciae
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Add+ Cattleya C mossiae f. flammea
Add+ Cattleya C edithiana
Add+ Cattleya C reineckiana
Most awarded/recent cultivars: C. mossiae 'Schöne Badnerin' (4 awards from 2012 to 2013) C. mossiae f. semialba 'Casa Blanca' (3 awards from 2014 to 2015) C. mossiae 'Willowbrook' (3 awards from 1999 to 2014) C. mossiae 'Panther Creek' (2 awards from 1990 to 1997) C. mossiae f. coerulea 'Siesta Time' (2016) C. mossiae f. rubra 'Willowbrook' (2015) C. mossiae f. alba 'Augusta' (2015) C. mossiae f. semialba 'Isabela' (2015) C. mossiae f. semialba 'Cristina' (2015) C. mossiae 'Excelente' (2015) C. mossiae f. semialba 'Fernando' (2015) C. mossiae 'Rapturevine' (2014) C. mossiae f. semialba 'Excelente' (2014) C. mossiae 'Maria Mantellini' (2014) C. mossiae 'Willowbrook-Ingolstadt' (2014) C. mossiae var. wageneri f. alba 'Evalyn' (2014) C. mossiae f. alba 'Doris' (2014) C. mossiae f. semialba 'Cecí # 1' (2014) C. mossiae f. coerulea 'Excalibur' (2014) C. mossiae 'Willow Brook' (2013)
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