Cattleya cernua




Family Orchidaceae
Subfamily Epidendroideae
Tribe Epidendreae
Subtribe Laeliinae
Scientific name Cattleya cernua (Lindley) Van den Berg
Synonyms Cattleya cernua (Lindley) Beer; Cattleya pterocarpa (Lindley & Paxton) Beer; Epidendrum humile Vellozo; Sophronia cernua Lindley; Sophronia modesta Lindley; Sophronia pterocarpa (Lindley & Paxton) Kuntze; Sophronitis cernua (Lindley) Reichenbach f.; Sophronitis hoffmannseggii Reichenbach f.; Sophronitis isopetala Hoffmansegg; Sophronitis modesta Lindley; Sophronitis nutans Hoffmansegg; Sophronitis pendula Hoffmansegg; Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindley & Paxton
Distribution Brazil, Bolivia, Paraguay
Reference Sophronitis cernua Lindley 1828
Sophronitis cernua Lindl.
Note Photos below at Tsukuba Botanical Garden are those of orchids which were cultivated by Mr. Kenji Tomita and displayed at the Orchid Show 2009 in Tsukuba Botanical Garden.



November 2009
at Mochidzuki Orchid Nursery
December 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden
December 2009
at Tsukuba Botanical Garden