The Orchid Society of Great Britain

Cattleya percivaliana w
(Rchb.f.) O’Brien, Gard. Chron., n.s.,
20: 404 (1883)
Distribution: Venezuela. The plant
produces two to four flowers, five
inches (12cm) wide, pink-purple
with a darker lip, at Christmas. It
grows at 1,300m on rocks in full
sun, near rivers. Numerous colour
forms occur. Named for M.R.
Percival, an amateur orchid grower
of Southport, it was introduced by
Sanders orchid nursery in 1882.
Cattleyas
Cattleya nobilior ‘Leo’ Cattleya percivaliana ‘Summit’
FCC/AOS
Cattleya percivaliana f. atropurpurea Cattleya percivaliana ‘La Goajiro’, a
‘semi alba’ form
Cattleya perrinii
Cattleya perrinii w
Lindl., Edwards’s Bot. Reg. 24: t. 2
(1838)
Distribution: Brazil. It has two to
three flowers on short
pseudobulbs, with long, narrow,
pink tepals and a red lip with
golden throat. Previously
described in the genus Laelia, it
grows at around 900m in the
Organ Mountains. Named after Mr
Perrin a gardener in Liverpool.
Cattleya praestans w
(Rchb.f.) Van den Berg,
Neodiversity 3: 10 (2008)
Distribution: Brazil. A dwarf
Cattleya with pale pink/purple
tepals and dark purple lip, it has
one to two flowers per
pseudobulb. It grows as an
epiphyte at 800m in light shade.
Previously known as Laelia
spectabilis (see Withner’s book) it
is an important plant for breeding
dwarf Cattleya hybrids.
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