Cattleya × whitei Rchb.f. 1882
Photo by © F A Fowlie
Photo by © Eliane G. de Paiva and her Flickr Orchid Photo Website
TYPE Drawing of Epidendrum x russellianum;
Drawing by © Hooker
Common Name White's Cattleya
Flower Size
Found in Bahia and Espirito Santo states of Brazil as a natural hybrid between C schilleriana and Cattleya warneri .
Synonyms Cattleya guttata var. russelliana Hook. 1838; Cattleya × russelliana Mantin 1887; Epidendrum elatius var. russellianum (Hook.) Rchb.f. 1862
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3693 Hook 1838 as C guttata var russeliana;
Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3693 Hook 1838 as C guttata var russeliana drawing fide;
Xenia Orchid. 2: 33 Rchb.f 1862 as Epidendrum eliatus car russellianum;
*Gard. Chron., n.s., 17: 151 Rchb.f 1882;
Rev. Hort. (Paris) 59: 353 Mantin 1887 as C x russelliana;
Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 6 1974 photo fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok?;
Orchid Digest Vol 56 no 2 1992 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 photo fide;
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