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Cattleya intermedia Graham ex Hook. 1828 SUBGENUS Intermedia [Cogn.] Withner 1989

Plant in situ in Boia Ceia' Sao Paulo State Brazil at 1 meter in elevation

Another plant

Photos by © Jay Pfahl.

TYPE Drawing

TYPE Drawing by © Hooker

Cattleya intermedia Graham var alba

Photo by © Eric Hunt

Cattleya intermedia Graham var. amethstina

Photo by © Nelson Machado

Cattleya intermedia Graham var. aquinii

Photo © by Ralf Käppel of Germany

Cattleya intermedia var coerulea

Photo by © Jean Claude George

Cattleya intermedia var flamea

Photo by © Dick McRill

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Common Name Intermediate Cattleya

Flower Size 5" [12.5 cm]

Found in Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul states of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina in the Atlantic coastal forest on rocks and small trees near the sea or streams as a small to medium sized, cool to warm growing orchid with slender, cylindric pseudobulbs with several, tubular, scarious bracts enveloping it and 2 to 4, apical, subopposite leaves that blooms in the spring or summer on a terminal, short to long stalked, few to several [3 to 7] flowered inflorecence with minute floral bracts and subtended by a conduplicate sheath all arising on a newly matured pseudobulb with heavy textured, long-lived, fragrant floral scented , color variable flowers.

The in situ shots are from Boia Ceia', Sao Paulo State, Brasil. These plants are plentiful in their specific environment which encompasses the exact area that condos by the sea are most often built. The sea gives way to the sand and then the sand gives way to vines and grasses and then to small bushes and then begins the hammock of stunted hardwoods with swales of tidal saltwater and freshwater runnoff. This area is extremely humid and hot and is bathed by spray from the crashing surf less than 20 yards away. Cattleya intermedia is found in these hammocks in vast quanities. I saw close to 500 just in a 30 acre area. Almost all were on trees at or just above eye-level. The branches and trunks were extremely damp and had lichen and mosses. There was a lot of standing water with mosquitoes and bromeliads were everywhere. All discussions about this species being extinct or rare in the wild are hogwash and it is not threatened by over-collection as stated by Bechtel-Cribb in the Manual of Cultivated Orchids.

It is important to note though that as this species grows in the seaside hammocks it could be majorly affected by condo development in the future. I was assured by my Brazilian friends that this species is commonly found all up and down the coast as long as the seaside hammock still exists.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2851 Graham ex Hook. 1828

Bot. Mag. 55: t. 2851 Graham ex Hook. 1828 Drawing fide

Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 10 Vell 1831 as Epidendrum canaliculatum;

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 Lindley 1836 as C intermedia var pallida;

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 Lindley 1836 as C intermedia var pallida drawing fide;

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 Lindley 1836 as C maritima;

Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 Lindley 1836 as C ovata;

Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3711 Hooker 1839 as C intermedia var angustifolia;

Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4085 Hooker 1844 as C intermedia var variegata;

Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4085 Hooker 1844 as C intermedia var variegata drawing fide;

Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 4: 217 C Morren 1848 as C amethystina;

Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 4: 217 C Morren 1848 as C amethystina drawing fide;

Jard. Fleur. 4: t. 379 C.Morren ex Lem. 1853 as C loddigesii var amethystina;

Berliner Allg. Gartenzeitung 1857: 118 Rchb.f 1857 as C lindleyana;

Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318 Rchb.f 1861 as Epidendrum intermedium;

Orch.-Grow. Man., 173 B S Williams 1862 as C amabilis;

Xenia Orchidaceae 2:34 Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum intermedium;

Xenia Orchidaceae 2:65 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia lindleyana;

Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 71 Barb Rodr. 1877 as C intermedia var macrochila;

L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 239 Buyss. 1878 as C intermedia var superba;

Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 229 G Nicholson 1886 as Laelia lindleyana

Lindenia 3: 77 Linden & Rodigas 1887 as C gibeziae;

Lindenia 3: 77 Linden & Rodigas 1887 as C gibeziae drawing fide;

Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 4: 178 Rchb.f 1888 as C intermedia var parthenia;

Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: 23 Barb Rodr. 1891 C aquinii;

Reichenbachiana 1(2): 51 Sander 1892 as C intermedia var punsctatissima;

Reichenbachiana 1(2): 51 Sander 1892 as C intermedia var punsctatissima drawing fide;

Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915

Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo good;

Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C intermedia var alba;

Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide;

Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide;

Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as C aquinii drawing fide;

Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957;

AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 7 1958 as C intermedia var alba photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing ok;

AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 6 1959 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 6 1959 as C intermedia var alba photo;

AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 6 1959 as C intermedia var. amethstina photo;

AOS Bulletin Vol 28 No 6 1959 as C intermedia var coerulea photo;

AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 2 1960;

AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 4 1963 photo fide;

Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 drawing fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966;

AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970 as C intermedia var coerulea;

Orchid Digest Vol 34 #9 1970 drawing fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 34 #9 1970 as C intermedia var. aquinii drawing fide;

Die Orchideen #1 1-4 tafel 1&2 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo ok;

Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C intermedia var aquinii drawing fide;

Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo ok;

The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977;

The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977 as C intermedia var amethystina;

Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 1 1980 photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 1 1980 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo;

AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 11 1980 photo;

AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 11 1980 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo fide;

Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981;

AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 5 1982 as C intermedia var alba photo fide;

Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;

AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 7 1984 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 12 1984 as C intermedia var alba photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 9 1985 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 7 1986 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 11 1987 photo fide;

The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide;

Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 3/238/9 1991 photo;

AOS Bulletin Vol 61 #3 1992 photo fide;

Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide;

An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992;

Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide;

Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 as C intermedia var. amethstina photo fide;

Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo fide;

Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 as C intermedia var alba photo fide;

Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;

AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 9 1996 photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 9 2001 as C intermedia var orlata photo fide;

Icones Orchidacearum Peruviarum Plate 614 Bennet & Christenson 2001 drawing fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 2 2002 as C intermedia var orlata photo fide;

Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002;

AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 photo;

AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 6 2004 as C intermedia var alba photo fide;

Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 101 F Barros & J A N Bat. 2004 as C intermedia f parthenia;

AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 8 2005 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 8 2005 as C intermedia var. amethstina photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 8 2005 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 8 2005 as C intermedia var coerulea photo fide;

The World's Most Beautiful Orchids Allikas & Nash 2005 photo fide;

Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005;

Genera Orchidacearum Vol 4 Part 1 Pridgeon, Chase, Cribb & Rasmusen 2005 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo fide;

Miniature Orchids Frownie 2007;

Orchid. Atlas: 61 Wolff & Gruss 2007 as C intermedia f amethystina;

AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 11 2009 photo fide;

Orchid Species of Peru Zelenko Bermudez 2009 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #11 2011 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #12 2011 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #4 2014 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 as C intermendia fma orlata photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 as C intermedia var flamea photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #5 2015 photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016

Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016;

Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016 as C intermedia var. aquinii photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #5 2016 as C intermedia var orlata photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 as C lindleyana drawing hmm;

Orchid Digest Vol 81 #2 2017 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 1 2017 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #3 2017 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #3 2017 as C intermedia var. amethstina photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 as C intermedia var coerulea photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #1 2018 drawing fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 83 #2 2019 photo plant only;

AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #5 2019 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 6 2019 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 photo fide;

Lankesteriana 19(3) 2019 as Cattleya aquini drawing fide

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