Cattleya lueddemanniana Rchb. f. 1858 SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley
Photos by © Jay Pfahl, plant courtesy of RF Orchids
Drawing of C speciosissima var buchaniana
Drawing by © B S Williams
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Common Name Lueddemann's Cattleya [French Orchid Grower 1800's]
Flower Size 8.5" [21.25 cm]
Found in Venezuela in the northern coastal range in fairly low scrubby hills at altitudes of 0 to 500 meters as a medium sized, unifoliate, hot to warm growing epiphyte found with cylindrical, compressed pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, erect, oblong, obtuse, grey green leaf that blooms in the winter and spring on a terminal, arising on a mature pseudobulb, subtended by a broad basal spathe, short to 4" [to 10 cm], few [3 to 5] flowered inflorescence that gives rise to strongly fragrant, floral scented flowers.
Synonyms Cattleya bassetii A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch 1887; Cattleya dawsoni Warn. 1862; Cattleya labiata var. dawsonii [Warner] DuBuy. 1878; Cattleya labiata var. lueddmannia (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1883; Cattleya labiata var. roezlii Rchb.f 1882; Cattleya labiata var wilsoniana Rchb.f 1887; Cattleya lueddemanniana f. alba (God.-Leb.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya lueddemanniana var. alba God.-Leb. 1886; Cattleya lueddemanniana var. stanleyi auct. 1901; Cattleya malouana Linden 1885; Cattleya mossiae Hkr. var autumnalis hort. 1887; Cattleya roezlii Rchb. f. 1882; Cattleya speciosissima hort. 1868; Cattleya speciosissima var. buchaniana B.S.Williams & T.Moore 1887; Cattleya speciosissima var lowii Anderson 1868; Cattleya speciosissima var lueddemannia 1882-97; Epidendrum labiatum var lueddemannia [Rchb.f]Rchb.f 1861
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Xenia Orchidaceae 1:29 Rchb.f 1862
Select Orchid. Pl. 1: t. 16 R Warner 1862 as C dawsonii;
Xenia Orchidaceae 2:29 Rchb.f 1864 as Epidendrum labiatum var leuddemanniana;
Gard. Chron. 1868: 404 T.Moore & Mast. 1868 as C speciosissima;
L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 240 F Buyss. 1878 as C labiata var dawsonii;
Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 457 Rchb.f 1882 as C roezli;
Orchidophile (Argenteuil) 6: 365 God.-Leb. 1886 as C lueddemanniana var alba;
Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 19 A H Kent 1887 as C bassetii;
Orchid Album 6: t. 261 B S Williams 1887 as C speciosissima var buchaniana;
Orchid Album 6: t. 261 B S Williams 1887 as C speciosissima var buchaniana drawing fide;
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 30: 250 Mast. 1901 as C lueddemanniana var stanleyii
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C labiata var lueddemanniana;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 2 1960 photo fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as C labiata var lueddemanniana;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #7 1967 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970;
Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 3 1970 as C labiata var lueddemannia;
Venezuelan Orchids Illustrated Vol 6 Dunsterville & Garay 1976 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 3 1978 photos fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 1 1980 photo fide;
Orchid of Venezuela An Illustrated Field Guide Vol 1 Dunsterville & Garay 1979 drawing fide;
Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981 as C speciossisima;
Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982;
AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 10 1984 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;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 3 1997 photo fide;
Orchids of Venezuela [An illustrated field guide] Vol. 1 Ramiro and Carnevali 2000 drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 65 #3 2001 drawing fide;
Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 as C leuddemanniana var alba photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 as C leuddemanniana var coerulea photo fide;
Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005;
The World's Most Beautiful Orchids Allikas & Nash 2005 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 1 2007 photo;
Orchid Digest Vol 71 #2 2007 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 4 2007 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 8 2007 photo fide;
Orchid. Atlas: 64 M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007 as C lueddemanniana f alba;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 2 2008 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 3 2008 photo;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #2 2010 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #4 2011 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #6 2014 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #2 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #1 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #2 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #3 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 photo fide; as C lueddemanniana var buchaniana; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #3 2017 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #4 2017 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 88 #4 2019 photo fide; Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV: 484 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 photo fide
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