Cattleya intermedia

Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya intermedia']

• മലയാളം: കാറ്റില്യ ഇന്റർമീഡിയ
• 中文: 早花卡特兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Cattleya • Species: Cattleya intermedia Graham ex Hook. (1828)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Epidendrum intermedium (Graham ex Hook.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 318 (1861) Heterotypic synonyms Epidendrum canaliculatum Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 10 (1831) Cattleya intermedia var. pallida Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 (1836) Cattleya maritima Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 (1836) Cattleya ovata Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 22: t. 1919 (1836) Cattleya intermedia var. angustifolia Hook., Bot. Mag. 66: t. 3711 (1839) Cattleya intermedia var. variegata Hook., Bot. Mag. 70: t. 4085 (1844) Cattleya amethystina C.Morren, Ann. Soc. Roy. Agric. Gand 4: 217 (1848) Cattleya loddigesii var. amethystina C.Morren ex Lem., Jard. Fleur. 4: t. 379 (1853) Cattleya lindleyana Rchb.f., Allg. Gartenzeitung 25: 118 (1857) Bletia lindleyana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 65 (1863) Cattleya intermedia var. macrochila Barb.Rodr., Gen. Spec. Orchid. 1: 71 (1877) Cattleya amabilis Lindl. ex F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 232 (1878) Laelia lindleyana (Rchb.f.) G.Nicholson, Ill. Dict. Gard. 2: 229 (1886) Cattleya gibeziae L.Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 3: 77 (1887). Cattleya intermedia var. gibeziae (L.Linden & Rodigas) L.Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 3: 77 (1887) Cattleya intermedia var. parthenia Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., III, 4: 178 (1888) Cattleya aquinii Barb.Rodr., Pl. Jard. Rio de Janeiro 1: 23 (1891) Cattleya intermedia var. punctatissima Sander, Reichenbachiana 1(2): 51 (1892). Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina (C.Morren ex Lem.) Fowlie, Braz. Bifol. Cattleyas: 112 (1977) Cattleya intermedia f. parthenia (Rchb.f.) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat., Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 101 (2004) Cattleya intermedia f. amethystina (C.Morren) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 61 (2007)

Images of the whole plant

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Flowers

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  Labellum
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  Labellum

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  var. amethystina

Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya intermedia
  plate 2851 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 55,
  (1828)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya intermedia
  var. pallida)
  plate 1919 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 22,
  (1836)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya intermedia
  var. angustifolia)
  plate 3711 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 66,
  (1840)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya intermedia
  var. variegata)
  plate 4085 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 70,
  (1844)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya lindleyana)
  aquarell in:
  Collection d'orchidées,
  (1850-1870)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya lindleyana)
  plate 5449 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 90,
  (1864)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya lindleyana)
  plate 175 in:
  James Bateman:
  A Second Century of
  Orchidaceous Plants
  London (1867)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya lindleyana)
  plate 135 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 2
  (1874)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Laelia lindleyana)
  Plate 526 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya gibeziae)
  plate 133 in:
  Jean Jules Linden
  L. Linden & E. Rodigas:
  Lindenia
  (1885-1906)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  (as syn.
  Cattleya intermedia
  var. punctatissima)
  plate 24 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia I
  second series
  (1892)
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  Cattleya intermedia
  plate 51 in:
  Alfred Cogniaux:
  Flora Brasiliensis
  vol. 3 pt. 5
  (1898-1902)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Brazil Brazil South, Brazil Southeast. Southern South America Paraguay, Uruguay.

References

Description of taxon

• Graham, R. (1828) Botanical Magazine 55: t. 2851.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 213 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cattleya intermedia.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cattleya intermedia
• eMonocot link: Cattleya intermedia
• Tropicos link: Cattleya intermedia
• International Plant Names Index link: Cattleya intermedia
• The Plant List link: Cattleya intermedia