The orchid genus Cattleya has been established by the great orchidologist Sir John Lindley in the year 1824. Nowadays Cattleya orchids are mostly known for their colourful big flowerd hybrids, but there are also about 50 Cattleya species orchids living in the wild. The epiphytic or lithophytic growing Cattleya orchids are native to tropical South America. The Orchidaceae genus Cattleya has been named in honour to the british orchid gardener William Cattley.
The abbreviation in horticultural trade is: C.
Cattleya bicolor subsp. brasiliensis Fowlie 1977 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Brazil. As we found that beautiful orchid at an orchid exhibition in our home town Chiang Mai, North Thailand, it was labeled as Cattleya bicolor var. grossii, but we finally found out that its`s a subsp. brasiliensis, not a var. grossii. Read More »
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Cattleya granulosa Lindl. 1842 is an epiphytic growing orchid species, native to Brazil and is easily confused with Cattleya schofieldiana Rchb. f. 1882. While flowers of both Cattleya species orchids look quite similar, Cattleya schofieldiana has a much more dentate lip with knobbly excesses and the plant can reach heights of about 75 cm, while Read More »
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Rhyncholaeliocattleya Arom Gold is an epiphytic growing orchid hybrid, a crossing from Cattleya Prachuab’s Delight (seed parent) and Rhyncholaeliocattleya Angkinantana (pollen parent). The orchid hybrid, often named Brassolaeliocattleya (Blc.) Arom Gold, has been registered as Rhyncholaeliocattleya Arom Gold with the Royal Horticultural Society by P.Chaimongkoltakul, an orchid breeder from Thailand in the year 1990. As Read More »
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Rhyncholaeliocattleya King of Taiwan is an intergeneric, epiphytic growing orchid hybrid, a crossing between the hybrids Rhyncholaeliocattleya Bryce Canyon and Rhyncholaeliocattleya Purple Ruby. The showy orchid with its bright purple, sweetish scented flowers has been registered with the Royal Horticultural Society by Chaung-Tien Chiou, an orchid breeder from Taiwan, in the year 1989. Rhyncholaeliocattleya, abbreviated Read More »
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Laeliocattleya (Lc.) Chyong Guu Swan “Ruby Lip” is an orchid hybrid, a crossing beetween Laeliocattleya (Lc.)Wayndora and Laeliocattleya (Lc.) Persepoli. The magnificent, huge flower gets a size of about 18 - 20 cm, while the impressive, fluffy red lip reach a size of about 8 cm. Laeliocattleya (Lc.) Chyong Guu Swan “Ruby Lip” flowers develop Read More »
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Dendrobium Burana Jade
Water Lily Hybrid Nymphaea Colorado
Bulbophyllum ovatum Seidenf.1979
Phalaenopsis Sinica Cherry
Red Dwarf Powder Puff (Calliandra emarginata)
Golden Lotus Banana (Musella lasiocarpa)
Bulbophyllum purpurascens Teijsm. & Binn 1862
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Ploenpit Golden Delight
Macradenia multiflora (Kraenzl.) Cogn. 1904
Pink Banana (Musa velutina)
Oberonia myosurus (G. Forst.) Lindl. 1830
Cattleya Love Knot
Dendrobium cerinum Rchb. f. 1879
Renanthera Kalsom Red Dragon
Terrestrial Orchid Habenaria carnea
Yellow Samurai Orchid (Neofinetia falcata Kibana Fuuran)
Spathoglottis Citrus Cooler Sorbet
Hoya bella Wax Flower
Phalaenopsis Tying Shin Sapphire
Epithechea Orange Blaze (Epidendrum Orange Blaze)
Hoya macgillivrayi F. M. Bailey 1914
Monkey Flower Tree (Phyllocarpus septentrionalis)
Bulbophyllum sikkimense (Cirrhopetalum sikkimense)
Spathoglottis Citrus Cooler Sorbet