Category: Cattleya

This orchid is found in Brazil, northern Argentina, and eastern Paraguay, growing as a medium-sized epiphyte or lithophyte in both sun and shade. It has cylindrical pseudobulbs with two leathery, elliptic-oblong leaves. Blooming in late summer, it produces a 12-inch (30 cm) terminal inflorescence with 2 to 9 long-lived, waxy flowers that vary in color… Continue reading Cattleya loddigesii ‘Alba’

This Brazilian orchid is found in Bahia State’s Atlantic forest, growing on trees in swampy margins with shade, high humidity, and high rainfall. It can have one or two leaves and blooms on a short, terminal inflorescence with few flowers, subtended by a basal sheath.

This medium-sized epiphytic orchid grows in Costa Rica and Panama on tree crowns along the Caribbean coast at elevations of 250 to 1200 meters. It has clavate pseudobulbs with distinct ribs when dry, partially covered by basal sheaths that shred with age. The plant carries a single, fleshy, oblong-elliptic leaf. Blooming in late summer and… Continue reading Cattleya dowiana

This dwarf-sized, warm-growing epiphyte is found in Bahia, Brazil, in dry coastal areas with seabreezes but little rain. It grows on rough-barked trees and has slender, jointed, furrowed pseudobulbs with two thick, fleshy, red-spotted leaves. Blooming in summer and fall, it produces one to two large, waxy, long-lasting flowers on a short terminal inflorescence. The… Continue reading Cattleya aclandiae