Cattleya elongata Barb. Rodr. 1877 SUBGENUS Schomburgkoidea Withner 1989
Photo by © Denis Duveen
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
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Common NameThe Cattleya with the Elongated Stalk
Flower Size 3.2" [8 cm]
Found in Bahia, Minas Gerais and Pernambuco states of Brazil on bare rock outcroppings at elevations of 900 to 1500 meters in bright light as a bifoliate, large sized, warm to cool growing lithophytic species with narrowly cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying 2, apical, narrowly elliptic leaves that blooms in the late summer on a terminal, 8 to 24" [20 to 60 cm] long , 2 to several [10] flowered inflorescence with fragrant, long-lived, heavy-textured, color variable flowers.
Synonyms Cattleya alexandrae Linden & Rolfe 1892; Cattleya alexandrae var. elegans Rolfe 1892; Cattleya alexandrae var. maculata auct.1895; Cattleya alexandrae var. rosea auct. 1895; Cattleya alexandrae var. tenebrosa Rolfe 1892; Cattleya elongata f. alba F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004; Cattleya elongata var. elegans (Rolfe) Fowlie 1977; Cattleya elongata var. maculata (auct.) Braem 1984; Cattleya elongata var. rosea (auct.) Braem 1984; Cattleya nilsonii Regel 1889;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 72 Barb Rodr. 1877;
Gartenflora 38: 481 Regel 1889 as C nilsoni;
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 522 L Linden & Rolfe 1892 as C alexandre;
Lindenia 4: 47 Rolfe 1892 as C alexandre var elegans;
Lindenia 4: 47 Rolfe 1892 as C alexandre var elegans drawing fide;
Orchid Rev. 3: 330 Anon 1895 as C alexandre var maculata;
Orchid Rev. 3: 330 Anon 1895 as C alexandre var rosea;
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 522 Rolfe 1892 as C alexandre var tenebrosa
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing ok;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 10 1958 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 33 No 9 1964 photo fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C elongata var alba, drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977;
The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977 as C elongata var elegans;
The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977 as C elongata var tenebrosa;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 3 1983 photo fide;
Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 35 Braem 1984 as C elongata var maculata;
Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 36 Braem 1984 as C elongata var rosea;
AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 2 1988 photo;
The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 2 1991 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 4 1991 photo fide;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 101 F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004 as C eleongata f alba
Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005 drawing/photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 drawing fide;
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