Collectanea Botanica, t. 33 (1824)

Notable varieties:

C. labiata has a mild and pleasant fragrance and thin, delicate substance like the best large-flowered Cattleya species and it is a very feminine flower. There is a wide range of color forms from pale lavender through rich, dark purple, and there are beautiful albas, semialbas, and coeruleas. It is as bright an addition to the fall landscape as the brilliantly colored leaves on the autumn trees.

• C. labiata f. alba ‘Harefield Hall’ – from E. Ashworth’s old clone
• C. labiata f. alba ‘Alba Plena’ – from John Lager, trace yellow in the throat
• C. labiata f. alba FCC/RHS (1892) – exhibited by W. Wells
• C. labiata f. alba ‘Purity’ FCC/RHS (1907) – exhibited by G. L. Holford
• C. labiata f. alba ‘Augusta’ AM/RHS (1907)
• C. labiata f. alba ‘Miss Kate Brazier’ AM/RHS (1904)
• C. labiata f. alba ‘Opal’ FCC/RHS (1912)
• C. labiata f. alba ‘Princess of Wales’ FCC/RHS (1899)
• C. labiata f. alba ‘Reedleyensis’ AM/RHS (1904)
• C. labiata f. alba ‘White Queen’ AM/RHS (1897)
• C. labiata f. semialba ‘Cooksoniae’ FCC/RHS (1895) – shown on the book page 57
• C. labiata f. semialba ‘Mrs. E. Ashworth’ FCC/RHS (1896)
• C. labiata f. semialba ‘Daphne’ AM/RHS (1907)
• C. labiata f. semialba ‘G. G. Whitelegge’ AM/RHS (1901)
• C. labiata f. semialba ‘Gilmourae’ FCC/RHS (1899)
• C. labiata f. semialba ‘Lewisii’ AM/RHS (1897)
• C. labiata ‘Monarch’ – impressively dark clone, shown on book page 58
• C. labiata FCC/RHS (1899) – dark lavender form, exhibited by A. H. Smee
• C. labiata ‘Peeters’ AM/RHS (1906) – impressive dark purple clone
• C. labiata ‘Aruba’ AM/AOS (1982) – offspring of fine old lavender clone
• C. labiata ‘Bahia’ – offspring of fine old lavender clone
• C. labiata ‘Amesiana’ AM/RHS (1902) – pale lavender lip
• C. labiata ‘Mrs. Francis Wellesley’ AM/RHS (1904) – nice concolor clone
• C. labiata ‘Captain J. F. Laycock’ FCC/RHS (1906) – very broad petals and pleasant shape
• C. labiata ‘Hercules’ FCC/RHS (1905) – very broad petals and pleasant shape
• C. labiata ‘Glauca’ AM/RHS (1901) – light lavender form, almost coerulea
• C. labiata ‘Mrs. Gustave H. Mueller’ AM/RHS (1904) – light lavender form

Notable Primaries:

• C. Fabia (C. labiata x C. dowiana)
• C. Peetersii (C. labiata x C. x hardyana)