Cattleya wallisii [L.] Linden & Rchb. f. 1882 SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley
Photo by Bill Bergstrom
Photo by Rudolf Simon
Drawing by Lucien Linden
Photo by Dunsterville
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Common Name Wallis' Cattleya [German Orchid Collector 1800's] AKA Cattleya of the Golden Land [Spanish Mythological city of gold]
Flower Size 5" [17.5 cm]
Found in Amazonas state of Brazil as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with smooth, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single apical, rigid, leathery, erect leaf that blooms in the summer and fall on a terminal, short inflorescence carrying 1 to few [3] fragrant flowers that do not open well.
Synonyms Cattleya crocata Rchb.f 1886; Cattleya eldorado Linden 1890; Cattleya eldorado var. wallisii (Linden) E.S.Rand 1892; Cattleya guadircolor var eldorado Morren & Devos 1887; Cattleya labiata var eldorado Veitch 1887; Cattleya trichopiliochila Barb. Rod. 1877; Cattleya trichopiliochila var. virginalis (Linden & André) Braem 1986; Cattleya virginalis L. Linden & André 1876; Cattleya virginalis var. rosea B.S.Williams 1885; *Laelia wallisii Linden 1865
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 74 B S Williams 1862 as C macmorlandii;
Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 15: 102 Linden 1865 as Laelia wallisii;
Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 4: 114 Linden ex B S Williams 1871 as C eldorado var splendens;
*Nursery Cat. (Rollisson) 1875-1876: 11 Rollisson 1875
Ill. Hort. 23: 161 Linden & André ex Ducos 1876 as C virginalis;
Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 70 Barb Rodr. 1877 as C trichopiliochila;
L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 236 Linden & André ex F.Buyss. 1878 as C eldorado
L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 236 Linden & André ex F.Buyss. 1878 as C eldorado var splendens;
L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 236 Linden & André ex F.Buyss. 1878 as C eldorado var virginalis;
Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 181 Rchb.f 1885 as C eldorado var ornata;
Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 207 B S Williams 1885 as C virginalis car rosea;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 360 Rchb.f 1886 as C crocata;
Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 17 A H Kent 1887 as C labiata var eldorado;
Lindenia 6: t. 262 Linden 1890 as C eldorado;
Lindenia 6: t. 262 Linden 1890 as C eldorado drawing fide;
J. Orchidées 3: 17 E S Rand 1892 as C eldorado var wallisii nom. illeg.
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C labiata var eldorado;
Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957 as C labaiata var el dorado;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966 as C eldorado;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C eldorado drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 6 1980 photo fide;
Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981 as C eldorado;
Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 3 1983 as C eldorado var alba photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 10 1983 photo fide as C eldorado var alba;
Cattleya Unifoliate Cattleyas: 84 Braem 1986 as C trichopiliochila var virginalis;
The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 as C eldorado var alba photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 as C eldorado var concolor photo fide;
The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide;
Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 3 1993 as C trichopiliochila photo fide;
AOS Bulletin No 63 No 9 1994 as C eldorado drawing fide;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
Lindleyana Vol 16 No 3 2001 as Cattleya wallisii;
AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 6 2002 as C eldorado photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 as C eldorado photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 as C eldorado var alba photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 3 2005 as C eldorado photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 75 #3 2006 photo fide;
Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #2 2010 as C eldorado photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin 85(10, Suppl.): 63 K A Roberts 2016 as C wallisii var ornata;
AOS Bulletin 85(10, Suppl.): 63 K A Roberts 2016 as C wallisii var splendens;
AOS Bulletin 85(10, Suppl.): 63 K A Roberts 2016 as C wallisii var virginalis;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #12 2017 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 87 #10 2018 photo fide;
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