Cattleya araguaiensis Pabst 1967 SUBGENUS Stellata Withner 1988
Photo by © Roberto Takase
Photo by © L C Menezes
LATE 
and MID
Common Name The Araguaia Cattleya [A river in Tocantins state]
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Para and Tocantins state of Brazil at elevations of 395 to 610 meters as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte in moist conditions with slim, spindly pseudobulbs and a single apical leaf that blooms in the late spring through mid summer on a terminal, short, single flowered inflorescence with a long-lasting flower.
Synonyms × Brassocattleya araguaiensis (Pabst) H.G.Jones 1972 publ. 1973; Cattleya araguaiensis var alba L.C.Menezes 1991; Cattleya araguaiensis f. alba (L.C.Menezes) Christenson 1996; Cattleyella araguaiensis [Pabst] Van den Berg & Chase 2003; Cattleyella araguaiensis f. alba (L.C.Menezes) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2004; Schluckebieria araguaiensis (Pabst) Braem 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 9 Pabst 1967; Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2.A, 46: 248 H G Jones 1972 publ. 1973 as × Brassocattleya araguaiensis
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 2 1982 drawing/photo fide;
Bol. CAOB 3(3): 6 Menezes 1991 as *C araguaiensis var alba; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 2 1991 photo as *C araguaiensis var alba photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide;
Lindleyana 11: 14 Christenson 1996 as C araguiensis f alba;
The Catttleya and Their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1998 photo fide;
Boletim CAOB #52 2003 as Cattleyella araguiensis;
Richardiana 4: 49 Braem 2004 as Schluckebieria araguaiensis
Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 photo fide;
Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 as C araguaiensis var alba photo fide;
Bol. CAOB 52: 100 Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2004 as Cattleyella araguiensis var alba;
AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 6 2005 photo fide;
Genera Orchidacearum Vol 4 Part 1 Pridgeon, Chase, Cribb & Rasmusen 2005 as Cattleyella araguaiensis drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Rev. 123(1310, Suppl.): 41 Menezes 2015 as × Brassocattleya araguaiensis;
AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 photo fide;
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