Cattleya is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals.
Laelia is a small genus of 25 species in the orchid family (Orchidaceae). Laelia species are found in areas of subtropical or temperate climate in Central and South America, but mostly in Mexico. Laelia is abbreviated L. in the horticultural trade.
Laeliocattleya is a nothogenus of intergeneric orchid hybrids descended from the parental genera Laelia and Cattleya. It is abbreviated Lc. in the horticultural trade.
× Potinara, abbreviated Pot in the horticultural trade, is the nothogenus comprising those intergeneric hybrids of orchids which have Brassavola, Cattleya, Laelia and Sophronitis as parent genera.
Cattleya crispa is a species of orchid indigenous to the Tijuca Mountains north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, noted for its crisped and ruffled petals and lip. It is the type species for both the subgenus Cattleya subg. Crispae and its section Cattleya sect. Crispae.
Isabelia is an orchid genus formed by three tiny species and one natural hybrid, spread from the Northeast of Brazil to Argentina, which are closely related to the genus Constantia. During more than a century Isabelia was a genus formed by just one species, however, around 1968, it was merged with genus Neolauchea, also unispecific. In 2001, a third genus was added to it, Sophronitella. The genus name is abbreviated Isa. in cultivation.
Cattleya cernua, commonly known as the nodding sophronitis, is a species of orchid occurring from Brazil to northeastern Argentina. It was the type species of the genus Sophronitis until the genus was made synonymous with Cattleya. Twenty plants of C. cernua have received a total of 22 AOS awards. The described flowers range from 1.9 cm to 3.2 cm horizontal spread and from 2.0 cm to 3.0 cm vertical spread.
Cattleya crispata, commonly known by the synonym Laelia flava, is a species of orchid endemic to Minas Gerais, Brazil. For registration purposes, the Royal Horticultural Society calls this species Cattleya crispata.
Cattleya lobata, commonly known as the lobed sophronitis, is a species of orchid endemic to Brazil.
Cattleya longipes, commonly known as the long-column sophronitis, is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil.
Cattleya perrinii, commonly known as the Perrin's sophronitis, is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil.
Cattleya pumila, commonly known as the dwarf sophronitis, is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern and southern Brazil.
Cattleya reginae, often known as Laelia reginae or Sophronitis reginae, is a species of orchid endemic to the Serra da Caraça mountains in the state of Minas Gerais of Brazil.
Cattleya sanguiloba, also known by the synonym Laelia sanguiloba.
S. militaris may refer to:
S. coccinea may refer to:
C. coccinea may refer to:
Cássio van den Berg is a Brazilian botanist, noted for work in orchid classification and evolution, especially great changes in the generic circumscriptions of ornamental orchids in the genus Cattleya, based on DNA studies for the subtribe Laeliinae.
The Orchid Album, Comprising Coloured Figures and Descriptions of New, Rare, and Beautiful Orchidaceous Plants, known as The Orchid Album, is a horticultural work by Robert Warner and Benjamin Samuel Williams of eleven volumes published between 1872 and 1897 and illustrated by John Nugent Fitch and by Gertrude Hamilton.
