Cattleya hardyana Sander 1883 SUBGENUS Cattleya
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Common Name Hardy's Cattleya [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]
Flower Size 8" [20 cm]
Found in Colombia as a naturally ocurring, warm to cool growing hybrid between C warscewiczii and C aurea that blooms in the summer with fragrant flowers.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 206 Swan 1885
Orchid Album 8: t. 362 R.Warner & B.S.Williams 1889 as C x massaiana;
Orchid Album 8: t. 362 R.Warner & B.S.Williams 1889 as C x massaiana drawing fide;
Roy. Hort. Soc. Lond. Rep. Conf. Genetics 1906: 238 Rolfe 1907 as C x statteriana nom. illeg.
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #7 1967 photo fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981;
Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;
AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 3 1985 photo fide; The Catttleya and Their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 57 Vol 2 1993 drawings fide; Orchid Digest Vol 57 No 4 1993 drawing/photo fide; Native Orchids of Colombia Vol 5 COS 1994 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 60 No 2 1996 photo fide; The Colombian Cattleyas and their Color Variations Toulemonde 2002; Orquideologia Vol 24 #2 2006 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 6 2006 photo/drawing fide; Orquideología Vol 26 #2 2009 photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #8 2017 photo fide; Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV: 484 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023
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