Cattleya × irrorata (Rchb.f.) H.Low 1864 Drawing by © Fredrick Sander
Common Name The Intricate Cattleya
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Found in southeastern Brazil as a natural hybrid between C. intermedia and C. purpurata.
CAUTION!! This species hybrid within my generic framework would better be within the hybrid genus × Laeliocattleya but has not been named as such
Synonyms Bletia × euspatha (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862; Bletia × irrorata (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862; Bletia × schilleriana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862; × Brasicattleya schilleriana (Rchb.f.) Campacci 2006; Cattleya × neoschilleriana Van den Berg 2010; × Hadrocattleya schilleriana (Rchb.f.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Laelia × elegans var. stetzneriana (Rchb.f.) A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch 1887; Laelia × euspatha Rchb.f. 1860; *Laelia × irrorata Rchb.f. 1859; Laelia × irrorata var. gaskelliana Rchb.f. 1887; Laelia × measuresiana B.S.Williams 1885; Laelia × schilleriana Rchb.f. 1855; Laelia × stetzneriana Rchb.f. 1860; Laelia × warneri R.Warner 1877; x Laeliocattleya schilleriana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1887; × Sophrocattleya schilleriana (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
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