Cattleya violacea




Tribe Epidendreae
Subtribe Laeliinae
Scientific name Cattleya violacea (Humboldt, Bonpland & Kunth) Rolfe
Synonyms Cattleya schomburgkii Loddiges ex Lindley; Cattleya superba R. H. Schomburgk ex Lindley; Cattleya superba R. H. Schomburgk ex Lindley var. alba Rolfe; Cattleya superba R. H. Schomburgk ex Lindley var. ashworthii auct.; Cattleya superba R. H. Schomburgk ex Lindley var. splendens Lemaire; Cattleya superba R. H. Schomburgk ex Lindley var. wellsiana auct.; Cattleya violacea forma alba (Rolfe) Christenson; Cattleya violacea var. alba (Rolfe) Fowlie; Cattleya violacea var. ashworthii (auct.) Braem; Cattleya violacea var. splendens (Lemaire) Fowlie; Cattleya violacea var. wellsiana (auct.) Braem; Cymbidium violaceum Kunth; Epidendrum superbum (R. H. Schomburgk ex Lindley) Reichenbach f.; Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Reichenbach f.
Distribution Colombia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, Guiana, Brazil, Bolivia
Reference Cattleya violacea (HBK) Rolfe 1889
Cattleya violacea (Kunth) Rolfe



September 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden
September 2007
at Koishikawa Botanical Garden