Cattleya bicolor Lindley 1836 SUBGENUS Schomburgkoidea Withner 1989
Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Weyman Bussey
Photo by © Wilma Braga
Cattleya bicolor ssp brazilensis Fowlie 1977
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Cattleya bicolor Lindley var coerulea
Photo by Carson Whitlow and his Orchid Mall
Cattleya bicolor Lindley var grossii
Photo by Paula Vagner
Another Clone of Cattleya bicolor Lindley var grossii Photo by J A Fowlie
Cattleya bicolor var. mearuresiana B.S.Williams 1888
Photo by J A Fowlie
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EARLY
Occasional 
Common Name Bicolored Cattleya
Flower Size 4" [10 cm]
Found in Espirito Santo, Minas Gerais and Sao Paulo states of Brazil as a medium to large sized, cool to warm growing orchid with long and slender, clustered, jointed, grooved pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, oblong-lorate, coriaceous, obtuse leaves which blooms in the spring and early summer and occasionally again in the fall on a terminal, short, 1 to several [7] flowered inflorescence arising through a large basal sheath and giving rise to a heavy textured, highly fragrant, spicy to aromatic floral scented, long-lived flower that is not often seen in hybridizing.
Synonyms Cattleya bicolor f. alba (Fowlie) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004; Cattleya bicolor subsp. brasiliensis Fowlie 1977; Cattleya bicolor subsp. canastrensis L.C.Menezes & Braem 1992; Cattleya bicolor subsp. minasgaerensis Fowlie 1977; Cattleya bicolor var. caerulea auct. 1894; Cattleya bicolor var. lewisii auct. 1896; Cattleya bicolor var. mearuresiana B.S.Williams 1888; Cattleya bicolor var. olocheilos Klinge 1898; Cattleya bicolor var. splendida Rchb.f 1857; Cattleya bicolor var. wrigleyana Rchb.f. 1885; Cattleya dupontii Ruschi 1970; Cattleya grossii Kraenzl. 1897; Cattleya measuresiana (Lindl.) Blumensch. 1961; Cattleya tetraploidea Brieger 1978; Epidendrum bicolor [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861; Epidendrum iridee Desc. 1821
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 Lindley 1836;
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 311 Rchb.f 1861 as Epidendrum bicolor;
Xenia Orchidaceae 2;27 Rchb.f 1874 as Epidendrum bicolor;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C grossii;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 10 1957 drawing fide;
Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 2 1960;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 6 1960 drawing fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966;
AOS Bulletin Vol 37 No 2 1968 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970 as Cattleya bicolor Lindley var coerulea ;
Orchid Digest Vol 34 #9 1970 drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 1 1972 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 1 1972 as C bicolor var grossii photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 1 1973 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 3 1973 as C grossii photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 38 No 1 1974 photo fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as C bicolor var grossii drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as C tetraploides;
The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977;
AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 1 1982 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 51 #1 1982 as C bicolor var alba photo fide;
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982;
Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 5 1982 photo fide;
Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;
AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 10 1983 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 10 1983 as C bicolor var alba photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 #3 1983 as Cattleya bicolor ssp brazilensis ad photo fide;
AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 7 1984 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 2 1985 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 55 no 3 1986 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 55 no 7 1986 photo;
AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 2 1988 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;
The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 62 No 3 1993 photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 7 1994 photo fide;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 photo fide;
Orchid Digerst Vol 64 #2 2000 photo fide;
Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002;
AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 10 2004 photo fide;
Orchids of The Brazilian Central Plateau Menezes 2004 as Cattleya bicolor ssp brazilensis photo fide;
Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005;
AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 9 2006 photo fide;
The Organ Mountain Range Its History and its Orchids Miller, Warren, Miller and Seehauer 2008 drawing photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #6 2014 photo fide;
Orchids of Tropical America an introduction and guide Meisel 2014 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 as Cattleya bicolor Lindley var coerulea photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #8 2016 as Cattleya bicolor ssp brazilensis photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 drawing/photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #10 2016 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 as C bicolor f coerula photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #8 2017 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #5 2019 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #1 2020 photo fide
AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #1 2020 as Cattleya bicolor ssp brazilensis photo fide
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