Bll. purpurata f. venosa
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Orchid Species: Cattleya purpurata
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Cattleya purpurata is an orchid species identified by (Lindl. & Paxton) Rollisson ex Lindl. in 1855.
Genus
Cattleya (C.)
Grex
purpurata
(name currently accepted by Kew)
(name currently accepted by Kew)
Parents
Species
Author
(Lindl. & Paxton) Rollisson ex Lindl.
Year
1855
ORIGIN: From Brazil where it is found as an epiphyte, with a single leaf, high in the canopy of wooded hillsides.
DESCRIPTION: A medium sized, hot to cool growing plant from Brazil where it is found as an epiphyte, with a single leaf, high in the canopy of wooded hillsides, with clavate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong-ligulate, leathery, erect, rounded at the apex leaf that blooms in the late spring through fall on a stout, 12 to 15 [30 to 37.5 cm] long, raceme subtended by a large sheath with 3 to 7 long-lasting, showy, fragrant, color variable flowers with an anise scent and needs a dry winter rest and moderate year round light.
FLOWER SIZE: 6 to 10 inches [15 to 25 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: A medium sized, hot to cool growing plant from Brazil where it is found as an epiphyte, with a single leaf, high in the canopy of wooded hillsides, with clavate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong-ligulate, leathery, erect, rounded at the apex leaf that blooms in the late spring through fall on a stout, 12 to 15 [30 to 37.5 cm] long, raceme subtended by a large sheath with 3 to 7 long-lasting, showy, fragrant, color variable flowers with an anise scent and needs a dry winter rest and moderate year round light.
FLOWER SIZE: 6 to 10 inches [15 to 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 | brysiana | 1853 | Lem. |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | casperiana | 1859 | Rchb.f. |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | russelliana | 1885 | B.S.Williams |
| Add+ | Brasilaelia | Bll | purpurata | 2006 | (Lindl. & Paxton) Campacci |
| Add+ | Chironiella | Chironiella | purpurata | 2006 | (Lindl. & Paxton) Braem |
| Add+ | Hadrolaelia | Hdl | purpurata | 2002 | (Lindl. & Paxton) Chiron & V.P.Castro |
| Add+ | Laelia | L | purpurata | 1852 | Lindl. & Paxton |
| Add+ | Sophronitis | S | purpurata | 2000 | (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase |
| Add+ | Amalia | Amalia | purpurea | 1846 | Heynh. |
| Add+ | Bletia | Bletia | casperiana | 1862 | (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
C. purpurata 'Carmen'
(4 awards in
2018)
C. purpurata h.f. striata 'Laetitia'
(3 awards from
2013
to
2018)
C. purpurata 'Vilbella'
(3 awards from
2016
to
2017)
C. purpurata 'Louanne'
(3 awards from
2014
to
2016)
C. purpurata 'Cindarosa'
(3 awards from
1988
to
2009)
C. purpurata h.f. flammea 'Shogun on Fire'
(2 awards in
2019)
C. purpurata h.f. delicata 'Shogun's Grace'
(2 awards from
2018
to
2019)
C. purpurata 'Terry'
(2 awards in
2018)
C. purpurata 'Rose'
(2 awards from
2016
to
2018)
C. purpurata h.f. marginata 'Bordeaux'
(2 awards from
2012
to
2017)
C. purpurata 'Lily Grace'
(2 awards in
2016)
C. purpurata 'Nice One'
(2 awards in
2016)
C. purpurata 'Blaueisgletscher'
(2 awards in
2016)
C. purpurata 'Maria da Gloria'
(2 awards from
2015
to
2016)
C. purpurata 'Laetitia'
(2 awards from
2014
to
2015)
C. purpurata 'Bonnie'
(2 awards in
2015)
C. purpurata 'Aranda Blue Label'
(2 awards in
2015)
C. purpurata 'Wössen'
(2 awards in
2015)
C. purpurata 'Miss Pearse'
(2 awards in
2015)
C. purpurata 'Roxy'
(2 awards in
2015)
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