Cattleya Warscewiczii

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Cattleya Warscewiczii in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Cattleya Warscewiczii, Reichb. f. (C. labiata var. Warscewiczii, Reichb. f. C. gloriosa, Carr. C. imperialis, Wallis). Pseudobulbs 1 ft. or more tall, stout, compressed, furrowed, 1-lvd.: lvs. oblong, 8-10 in. lone: peduncle with 2 or 3 fls. 7-9 in. across; sepals and petals rosy mauve, the sepals lanceolate, acute, the petals oval, obtuse, undulate; lip entirely bright purple except 2 yellow spots and lines of the same color in the throat, crisped, the front lobe ample. Colombia. O.R. 12:241. G.C. III. 22:163; 42:312. Gn. 33, p. 18. C.O.1, Var. gigas, Hort. (var. Sanderiana, Hort. C. gigas, Lind. & Andre. C. Sanderiana, Hort. C. labiata var. Sanderiana, Hort.). Fig. 842. A noble form, the sepals and petals dark rose, with a deep purple-magenta lip, the fls. larger than those of any other form of the labiata group. Colombia. I.H. 21:178. Gn. 45, p. 445. G.F. 1:437. A.G. 19: July 23, suppl. F.R. 1:77, 674. F.E. 10:892. C.L.A. 11:42, 44. The following forms of this variety occur: alba, fls. pure white, the rarest of all cattleyas (O.R. 18:232); var. albescens, sepals and petals white, with fault blush, the lip rose-purple, fringed; var. atropurpurea, of deeper color; var. rochellensis, sepals and petals white, the lip with the faintest trace of color. Var. saturata, Hort. Fls. bright rose, with ruby-crimson lip. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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