Cattleya mendelii O Brien 1883 SUBGENUS Cattleya SECTION Cattleya Lindley
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Common Name Mendel's Cattleya [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]
Flower Size 7" to 8" [17.5 to 20 cm]
Found in the eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes on exposed rock outcroppings and cliffs at eelvations around 1300 to 1800 meters as a medium sized, cool to warm growing epiphytic and lithophytic species with cylindrical, grooved, shiny pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong, round apically, very leathery leaf that blooms in the late spring on a terminal, short, few [2 to 5] flowered, long lived inflorescence with fragrant flowers that open well.
Synonyms Cattleya bluntii H.Low 1876; Cattleya cupidon hort. 1894; Cattleya hackbridgensis auct. 1890; Cattleya labiata var. bella Rchb.f 1882; Cattleya labiata var. mendelii Sanders 1887; Cattleya mendelii f. morganiae (B.S.Williams & T.Moore) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Cattleya mendelii var. bella (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams & T.Moore 1886; Cattleya mendelii var. grandiflora B.S.Williams & T.Moore 1882; Cattleya mendelii var. morganae (R.Warner & L.O.Williams) Braem 1986; Cattleya morganiae B.S.Williams & T.Moore 1882
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as C labiata var mendelii; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as C labiatavar mendelli drawing fide; Orchids of Malaya Holttum 1957; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977; Growing Orchids Vol 2 Rentoul 1982; Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 5 1983 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 53 No 12 1984 photo; The Catttleya and their Relatives Withner Vol 1 1988 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 as C labiata var mendelii; Orquideologia Vol 15 #1 Luer & Escobar 1981 photo fide; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 1 COS 1990 photo fide; The Manual of Cultivated Orchids Bechtel, Cribb and Laurent 1992 photo fide; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1992; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchid Digerst Vol 64 #2 2000 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 3 2001 photo fide; Colombian Cattleyas and their Color Variations Toulemonde 2002; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 1 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 3 2003 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol. 23 No 1 2004 photo fide; Flora's Orchids Nash & La Croix 2005; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 11 2006 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 12 2006 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 25 #1 2007 as C mendelii var alba photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 4 2007 photo fide; Libro Rojo de Plantas De Colombia Vol 6 Primera Parte Saenz 2007 photo fide; Orquideología Vol 26 #2 2009 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #1 2009 drawing fide; Orquideologia Vol 27 #2 2010 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #2 2010 photo fide; Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 82 #3 2018 photo fide;
Cattleya mendelii O Brien 1883 var coerula
A blue color variety of the previous species.
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 11 2006 photo fide
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