CATTLEYA (Continued) 
Species Description 
C. MENDELLI 
Flowers variable from White to light blush, lip frilled, the 
front lobe varying from deep magenta to crimson. Early 
Summer bloomer. 
C. MOSSIAE 
Flowers large and handsome, very variable. Typically 
with light rose sepals and petals, lip crimson and rose 
with yellow markings. The Easter Orchid. 
C. PERCIVALIANA 
Sepals and petals deep rose, lip frilled, richly colored, 
magenta, crimson, pink and tawny yellow. Throat marked 
with crimson gold. The Christmas Orchid. 
C. SCHROEDERAE 
Resembling Trianae in habit, flowers large with broad 
waved sepals and petals. Color usually a light rose, 
deeper on the lip. Throat deep orange. Lip frilled. Early 
Spring bloomer. 
C. SKINNERI 
Spikes 3 to 8 flowered, flowers 2/2 to 3'/2 inches across. 
Clustered. Sepals and petals, rose-purple, color deeper 
on the lip. Makes up its sheath in the fall, sheath remains 
dry and brown all winter. Blooms in Spring. 
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C. Gaskelliana 
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