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Orchid Species: Cattleya x heitoriana
(This name is currently accepted by Kew.)
Cattleya x heitoriana is an orchid species identified by (Campacci) Van den Berg in 2010.
ORIGIN: Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil as a natural hybrid between C. ghillanyi and C. itambana at elevations around 1700 to 1800 meters.
DESCRIPTION: Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil as a natural hybrid between C. ghillanyi and C. itambana at elevations around 1700 to 1800 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing lithophyte with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic, apiculate, coriaceous, recurved leaf that blooms in the winter on an apical, 1.2 to 2.4 [3 to 6 cm] long overall, rachis to .4 [1 cm] long, simultaneousl 2 flowered inflorescence arising through a linear-truncate, oblique spathe.
FLOWER SIZE: 1.4 inches [3.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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