Cattleya x patrocinii St-Leger 1893 SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley

Photo by © Jay Pfahl

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Common Name The Patrocinio Cattleya [Town In Minas Gerais Brazil]

Flower Size 5" [12.5 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais stae of Brazil as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte that blooms in the fall in the southern hemispere and is a natural hybrid between the 2 species, C guttata and C warneri and carries fragrant flowers.

CAUTION I have no way of personally verifying this photo determination so please use with caution!!

SynonymsCattleya guttata var. compacta Hoehne & Schltr. 1926

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

*Citade de Rio: 28 Maio St-Leg 1890;

Jardin 11: 310 Maron 1897 as C gaudii;

Arch. Bot. São Paulo 1: 251 Hoehne & Schlechter 1926 as C guttata var compacta;

Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975;

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