Cattleya × isabellae Rchb.f. 1859

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Common Name Isabel's Cattleya

Flower Size

Found in southeastern Brazil as a natural hybrid between C. intermedia and C. forbesii with an erect, furrowed, elongate pseudonbulb carrying 3, apical, very coriaceous, minutely crenulate at the reflexed margin leaves thatblooms in the spring.

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

Synonyms Cattleya × fimbriata Bohnhof 1895; Cattleya × krameriana Rchb.f. 1888; *Epidendrum × isabellae (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1861;

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 1859: 336 Rchb.f 1859;

Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318 Rchb.f 1861 as Epidendrum x isabelliae;

Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 4: 323 Rchb.f 1888 as C x krameriana;

Dict. Prat. Hort. 1: 535 Mottet 1892-1893 as C x fimbriata;

Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975;

Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977

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