CATTLEYA SPECIES 
Blooming Size Plants 
Species Description 
C. AURANTIACA 
Small orange-red flowers in clusters, a novelty. Blooms 
December, January and February. 
C. BOWRINGIANA 
Flowers rose purple, 2 to 10 on a spike, 3” to 3/2" across. 
Lip same color but much darker. Fall blooming. 
C. CHOCOENSIS (Quadricolor) 
Flowers about 4¥2"’, White to blush white. Lip magento- 
purple, throat yellow. Winter blooming. 
C. DOWIANA 
Flowers large 6” to 8” across. Sepal and petals nankeen 
yellow, crimson flecked. Lip rich crimson-purple, lined 
old gold. Fall blooming. 
C. ELDORADO 
Sepals and petals pale rose or blush white. Front, lobe 4 
of lip magenta, throat deep orange, blooms in the Fall. 5 
6 
C. GASKELLIANA 
Flowers large, 6” to 8” across. Sepals and petals, whitish, 
rose-purple throat striated with yellow. Colors very vari- 
able. A good summer commercial flower. Summer bloom- 
ing June - July. 
C. GIGAS 
The largest flowers of the labiata section. Flowers 8" to 
9" across. Sepals and petals rose, lip crimson-purple, with 
yellow markings in the throat. Very handsome. Summer 
blooming. 
C. HARRISONIANA 
Flowers 3 to 4 inches across in clusters. From lilac to 4” 
magento. Throat yellow. Spring and early summer bloom- 5 
ing. 6 
C. INTERMEDIA Fe 
Sepals and petals white flushed with rose, lip rose purple. 5 
Summer blooming. 6" 
C. LABIATA . - 
Flowers large 6 to 8 inches across 2 to 6 flowers per spike. 4 
Sepals and petals bright rose, lip deep crimson-purple 
frilled, throat marked yellow. Fall blooming. 
C. LODDIGESII 
Flowers 2 to 7 on a spike, 3 to 4 inches across. Pale lilac- 
rose in color, lip darker, throat yellowish. Summer bloom- 
ing. 
