Cattleya purpurata var. carnea

Object Details

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Accession Number: 2009-0269A

Description: This is a color form of C. purpurata which is white with a hot pink lip. It is one of the most popular color forms.
Provenance: From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin

Topic: Orchids; Living Collections

Range: SE and S Brazil

Life Form: Epiphytic
Bloom Characteristics: Flower is white with a hot pink lip.
Fragrance: Fragrant

Data Source: Smithsonian Gardens

Common Name: The Purple-stained Cattleya variety
Group: [vascular plants]
Class: Equisetopsida
Subclass: Magnoliidae
Superorder: Lilianae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cattleya
Species: purpurata

Restrictions & Rights: CC0

Metadata Usage: CC0

GUID

Record ID: ofeo-sg_2009-0269A

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