Cattleya intermedia
Object Details
- Description
- This Cattleya is named for its intermediate form between Cattleyas already described to science at the time in the early 1800s. This is a compact Cattleya, which does not grow to be very tall, but has a large flower. The flower is color variable, but most often pale pink, with a darker pink lip.
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- February to August; peaks from March to May
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee (queens of Bombus atratus, queens of Bombus brasiliensis, female Xylocopa augusti, female Xylocopa frontalis)
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2011-2009C
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Inflorescence is 3-6" long with 3-9 waxy, pink flowers. Flowers are 5" across, vary in color, and last about a month.
- Foliage Characteristics
- Bifoliate
- Fragrance
- Fragrant
- Range
- SE and S Brazil to Uruguay
- Habitat
- Coastal forest; 0-300m
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Intermediate Cattleya
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Cattleya
- Species
- intermedia
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2011-2009C
