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Cattleya harrisoniana Bateman ex Lindley 1836 SUBGENUS Intermedia [Cogn.] Withner 1989

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Plant and Flower

Another Clone

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C harrisoniana var alba

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Another Clone

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Disected Flower

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Common Name Harrison's Cattleya [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower Size 4.5" [11.25 cm]

Found in Espirito Santo state of Brazil in humid swampy areas on bushes as a epiphytic or lithophytic, cool to warm growing species with subclavate, laterally compressed pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, narrowly elliptic to obovate leaves that blooms in the late summer on a terminal, short to 4" [to 10 cm], few to several [2 to 6] flowered inflorescence subtended by a green sheath carrying fragrant floral scented , long-lived, waxy flowers.

This species and C loddigesii are very similar yet C harrisoniana differs in having darker and unscented flowers.

This species needs ample water, warmth and light while growing and a good rest after maturity.

Synonyms Cattleya brownii Rolfe 1894; Cattleya candida F.N.Williams 1851; Cattleya harrisoniae Batem. 1838; Cattleya harrisoniae Paxt 1838; Cattleya harrisoniana f. alba (Beer) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya harrisoniana var. alba Beer 1854; Cattleya harrisonii P.N.Don 1840; Cattleya loddigesii var. harrisoniana Lindley 1887; Cattleya papeinsiana C. Morr. 1845;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 Bateman ex Lindl. 1836

Paxton's Mag. Bot. 4: 247 Paxton 1838 as C harrisoniae;

Paxton's Mag. Bot. 4: 247 Paxton 1838 as C harrisoniae drawing fide;

Hort. Universel 2: 128, 197 Drapiez 1840 as C concolor;

Fl. Journ. 1840: 183 D Don 1840 as C harrisonii;

Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 1: 57 C Morren 1845 as C papeiansiana;

Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 211 Beer 1854 as C harrisoniana var alba;

Xenia Orchidaceae 2:31 Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum harrisonianum;

L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 239 F Buyss. 1878

L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 239 F Buyss. 1878as C harrisoniana var violacea;

Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 42 A H Kent 1887 as C loddigesii var harrisoniae;

Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1894: 156 Rolfe 1894 as C brownii;

Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C harrisoniae;

Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as C loddigesii var harrisoniae drawing fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 26 #2 1957

Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957;

AOS Bulletin Vol 27 # 9 1958 drawing ok;

Orchid Digest Vol 23 #5 1959 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 3 1964 photo;

Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as C brownii;

Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as C loddigesii var harrisoniana;

AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966;

AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970;

Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 6 1974 photo fide;

Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C brownii drawing fide;

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 as C loddigesii var harrisoniana drawing fide;

The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977;

Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981;

Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;

Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 3 1983 photo fide;

Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 3 1983 as C harrisoniana var alba photo fide;

AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 7 1984 as C loddigesii var harrisoniana photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 10 1984 photo as C loddigesii var harrisoniana photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 10 1985 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 10 1985 as C harrisoniana var alba photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 7 1986 photo fide;

AOS Bulletin Vol 57 #1 1988 photo fide;

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