Cattleya tigrina A Rich 1848SUBGENUS Falcata SECTION Guttatae [Cogn.] Withner 1989
Photo by © Wilma Braga
Photo by © Sidney Marçal
Drawing of C guttata var leopoldii
Drawing by © Rchb.f
Photo by © L C Menezes
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Common Name The Tiger Striped Cattleya
Flower Size 2.8" to 4.4" [7 to 11 cm]
Found in southern Brazil in coastal forests below 100 meters as a large, bifoliate to trifoliate, warm growing epiphyte with cylindrical, slightly thickened apically pseudobulb subtended by white sheaths and carrying 2 apical, oblong-elliptic, leathery leaves with sharp to serrated edges that blooms in the mid-summer on an erect, few to several [3 to 10] flowered racemose inflorescence that is subtended by a green sheath on a newly arising pseudobulb and carrying fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Cattleya guttata subvar. immaculata Rchb.f. 1886; Cattleya guttata var. leopardina L.Linden & Rodigas 1885; Cattleya guttata var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Linden & Rchb.f. 1860; Cattleya guttata var. purpurea Cogn.1900; Cattleya guttata var. williamsiana Rchb.f. 1884; Cattleya leopoldii Versch. 1854; Cattleya leopoldii f. alba (Fowlie) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004; Cattleya leopoldii f. caerulea (L.C.Menezes) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004; Cattleya leopoldii f. immaculata (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya leopoldii var. alba Fowlie 1964; Cattleya leopoldii var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Fowlie 1977; Cattleya leopoldii var. leopardina (L.Linden & Rodigas) Fowlie 1964; Cattleya leopoldii var. purpurea Cogn. 1900; Cattleya leopoldii var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Fowlie 1964; Cattleya tigrina var. caerulea L.C.Menezes 1993; Cattleya tigrina var. immaculata (Rchb.f.) Braem 1984; Cattleya tigrina var. leopardina (L.Linden & Rodigas) Braem 1984; Cattleya tigrina var. purpurea (Cogn.) Braem 1984; Cattleya tigrina var. williamsiana (Rchb.f.) Braem 1984; Epidendrum elatius var. leopoldii (Verschaff. ex Lem.) Rchb.f. 1862; Epidendrum elegans Vell. 1831;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 12 Vell. 1831 as Epidendrum elegans
*Portef. Hort. 2: 166 A Rich.1848
Ill. Hort. 1(Misc.): 68 Verschaff. ex Lem 1854 as C leopoldii;
Pescatorea 1: t. 43 Linden & Reichenbach 1860 as C guttata var leopoldii;
Pescatorea 1: t. 43 Linden & Reichenbach 1860 as C guttata var leopoldii drawing fide
Xenia Orchidaceae 2; 33 Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum elatius var leopoldii;
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 pl 172 Rchb.f 1873 as Epidendrum elatius drawing fide;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 70 Rchb.f 1884 as C guttata var williamsiana;
Lindenia 1: t. 19 L Linden & Rodigas 1885 as C guttata var leopardina;
Lindenia 1: t. 19 L Linden & Rodigas 1885 as C guttata var leopardina drawing fide;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 326 Rchb.f 1886 as C guttata subvar immaculata;
Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 15 A Cogniaux and Goossens 1900 as C guttata var purpurea;
Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 15 A Cogniaux and Goossens 1900 as C leopoldii var purpurea;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C guttata var leopoldi;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C guttata var purpurea
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C guttata var williamsiana;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 2 1957 drawing;
Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 as C guttata var leopoldii photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 2 1960;
Orchid Digest 28: 68 Fowlie 1964 as C leopoldii var alba;
Orchid Digest 28: 69 Fowlie 1964 as C leopoldii var leopardina;
Orchid Digest 28: 70 Fowlie 1964 as C leopoldii var williamsiana;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #7 1967 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 9 1970 as C guttata var leopoldii photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 38 No 1 1974 photo fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C leopoldii drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C leopoldii var alba drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide as C leopoldii;
The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977;
The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977 as C leopoldii var immaculata;
Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 2 1982 as C x sororia photo/drawing fide;
Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 6 1984 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 7 1984 photo as C guttata var leopoldii;
Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 78 Braem 1984 as C tigrina var leopardina;
Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 78 Braem 1984 as C tigrina var immaculata;
Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 79 Braem 1984 as C tigrina var purpurea
Cattleya Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas: 79 Braem 1984 as C tigrina var williamsiana
Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 5 1985 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 11 1985 as C guttata var leopoldii photo fide;
The Cattleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo ok;
The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 as C leopoldii photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 as C leopoldii photo fide;
Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 1/2 1993 photo fide;
Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 1/2 1993 photo fide;
Schlechteriana Vol 4 No 4 L C Menezes 1993 as C tigrina var caerula;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
Orquideas do Estado do Espirito Santo Ruschi 1997 as C guttata leopoldi drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 12 2002;
Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 102 F Barros & J A N Bat. 2004 as C leopoldii f alba;
Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 102 F Barros & J A N Bat. 2004 as C leopoldii f caerula;
The World's Most Beautiful Orchids Allikas & Nash 2005 photo fide;
Orchid. Atlas: 63 M Wolff & O Gruss 2007 as C leopoldii f immaculata;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 4 2008 photo;
AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #6 2009 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #4 2010 photo fide;
Orchids of Tropical America an introduction and guide Meisel 2014 photo good;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 as C guttata leopoldi drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 10:60 Supplement K A Roberts 2016 as C tigrina f alba
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 10: 60 Supplement K A Roberts 2016 as C tigrina f pelorica
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 as C tigrina f coerula photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #9 2019 as C tigrina f alba photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 photo fide;
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