Cattleya × elegans

C.Morren Species

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Botanical name
Cattleya × elegans
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Cattleya
Reference
World Flora Online

How to grow Cattleya × elegans

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Other names for this plant

These names have all been used for Cattleya × elegans but are no longer the accepted name. You may still meet them on old labels, in books, or in nursery catalogues.

Bletia elegans Bletia elegans var. houtteana Brasicattleya elegans Cattleya devonia Cattleya devonia Cattleya devoniana Cattleya devoniensis Cattleya devoniensis Cattleya devoniensis var. alba Cattleya elegans var. alba Cattleya elegans var. andersonii Cattleya elegans var. blenheimensis Cattleya elegans var. dayi Cattleya elegans var. gigantea Cattleya elegans var. houtteana Cattleya elegans var. incantans Cattleya elegans var. morreniana Cattleya elegans var. picta Cattleya elegans var. prasiata Cattleya elegans var. schilleriana Cattleya elegans var. tautziana Cattleya elegans var. turneri Cattleya elegans var. warneri Cattleya elegans var. wolstenholmiae Hadrocattleya elegans Hadrocattleya elegans Hadrocattleya elegans f. leucotata Laelia brysiana Laelia devoniensis Laelia elegans Laelia elegans var. alba Laelia elegans var. andersonii Laelia elegans var. blenheimensis Laelia elegans var. dayi Laelia elegans var. gigantea Laelia elegans var. houtteana Laelia elegans var. incantans Laelia elegans var. morreniana Laelia elegans var. picta Laelia elegans var. prasiata Laelia elegans var. schilleriana Laelia elegans var. tautziana Laelia elegans var. turneri Laelia elegans var. warneri Laelia elegans var. wolstenholmiae Laelia gigantea Laelia gigantea Laelia pachystele Laelia purpurata var. brysiana Laelia turneri Laelia turneri Laeliocattleya elegans Laeliocattleya elegans var. leucotata Laeliocattleya pachystele Laeliocattleya sayana Laeliocattleya schulziana Sophrocattleya elegans

Others in Cattleya

Cattleya violacea
Cattleya × adrienne
Cattleya × albanensis
Cattleya × amanda
Cattleya × amoena
Cattleya × binotii
Cattleya × brasiliensis
Cattleya × britoi

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