Cattleya × victoria-regina auct. 1892

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Common Name The Queen Victoria Cattleya

Flower Size

Found in Pernambuco and Sergipe states of northeastern Brazil at elevations of 600 to 800 meters as a medium sized, warm growing, epiphytic, natural hybrid between C guttata and C labiata.

Synonyms Cattleya × crethus anon. 1901

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 11: 586 Mast. 1892;

J. Hort. Soc. France, sér. 4, 51: 906 Anon 1901 as Cattleya × crethus

Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975;

Orchid Digest Vol 57 No 2 1993 drawing fide;

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