Cattleya loddigesii Lindl. 1824 SUBGENUS Intermedia [Cogn.] Withner 1989
Photo by © TERENCIO MARIOTTINI
Another Flower, possible hybrid?
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Cattleya loddigesii Lindl. 1823 var alba
Photo by © Eric Hunt plant grown by Scott Davis at White Oak Orchids
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Common Name Loddiges' Cattleya [English orchid collector and nurseryman 1800's]
Flower Size 4 1/2" [11.25 cm]
Found from Bahia, Espirito Santo, Rio de Janiero, Sao Paulo states of Brazil, northernmost Argentina and eastern Paraguay in both sun and shade as a medium sized, cool to warm growing, bifoliate epiphyte or lithophyte that is with cylindrical, narrowing basally pseudobulbs carrying 2 apical, elliptic-oblong, leathery, obtuse leaves and blooms in the late summer on a terminal, 12" [30 cm] long, long-lived, few to several [2 to 9] flowered inflorescence subtended by a small, broad, dried sheath that has waxy, fragrant milk chocolate scented, long-lived, color variable flowers.
Synonyms Cattleya arembergii Scheidw. 1843; Cattleya candida B.S.Williams 1852; Cattleya loddigesii f. virginalis M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya loddigesii subsp. purpurea Brieger ?; Cattleya loddigesii var. candida Guidon 1858; Cattleya ovata Lindley 1838; Epidendrum canaliculatum Vell. 1825; Epidendrum harrisonianum Rchb.f. 1861; Epidendrum loddigesii [Lindl.] Rchb.f 1861; Epidendrum violaceum Lodd. 1820
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bot. Cab. 4: t. 337 G Lodd. 1820 as Epidendrum violaceum nom. illeg.
*Coll. Bot.: t. 33 Lindley 1824;
Allg. Gartenzeitung 11: 109 Scheidw. 1843 as C arembergii;
Orch.-Grow. Man.: 45 B S Williams 1852 as C candida;
J. Soc. Centr. Hort. France 4: 250 Guidon 1858 as C loddigesii var candida;
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 316 Rchb.f 1861 as Epidendrum loddigesii;
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 317 Rchb.f 1861 as Epidendrum harrisonianum;
Orch.-Grow. Man.: 45 B S Williams 1852 as C candida;
Man. Orchid. 176 A H Kent 1887 as C loddigesii subvar candida;
Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 42 A H Kent 1887 as C loddigesii subvar maculata;
Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 42 A H Kent 1887 as C loddigesii subvar violacea;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 2 1957 drawing fide;
Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing;
Orchid Digest Vol 23 #5 1959 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 2 1960;
AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 10 1963 photo fide;
AOS Bulletion Vol 33 #3 1964 photo fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966;
AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970;
Orchid Digest No 36 No 1 1972 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 6 1974 photo fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide;
The Brazilian Bifoliate Cattleyas and Their Color Variations Fowlie 1977;
Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982;
An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 3 1983 photo;
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;
AOS Bulletin Vol 61 # 12 1992 photo fide;
The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 photo fide;
Orchids of Brazil McQueen 1993 as C loddigesii var alba photo fide;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 9 1996 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 9 1999 as C loddigesii var coerula photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 66 #2 2002 photo fide;
Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002;
AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 4 2005 photo fide;
The World's Most Beautiful Orchids Allikas & Nash 2005 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 5 2007 photo fide;
Orchid. Atlas: 64 M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007 as C loddigesii f virginalis;
AOS Bulletin Vol 76 #8 2007 as C loddigesii var alba photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 #7 2008 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #4 2010 photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 as C loddigesii var coerulea photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016;
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;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #9 2016 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 Supplement K A Roberts 2106 as C loddigesii var maculata;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 1 2017 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #3 2017 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 as C loddigesii f coerula photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 83 #3 2019 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 1 2019 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #2 2019 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 88 #4 2019 photo fide;
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