Cattleya purpurata

Cattleya purpurata, known in the past as Laelia purpurata and Sophronitis purpurata, is native to Brazil where it is very popular among orchid growers. It is an epiphyte that is found in the canopy of tall trees near coastal areas, in the Brazilian states of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo. The orchid favors bright light and cool to warm conditions and is relative easy to cultive. C. purpurata has been used extensively as a parent in hybridizing with Cattleyas. Cattleya purpurata blooms from late spring to fall with three to five flowers on a spike. The flowers are long-lasting and fragrant.

Cattleya purpurata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cattleya
Subgenus: Cattleya subg. Cattleya
Section: Cattleya sect. Cattleya
Species:
C. purpurata
Binomial name
Cattleya purpurata
Synonyms
  • Laelia purpurata Lindl. & Paxton
  • Hadrolaelia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Chiron & Castro Neto
  • Chironiella purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Braem
  • Brasilaelia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Campacci & Gutfreund
  • Sophronitis purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase

Horticultural forms
  • C. purpurata f. alba; white lip, sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. carnea; pink lip, white sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. flammea; magenta lip, pink sepals and white petals
  • C. purpurata f. oculata; purple patches on lip, white sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. roxo-violeta; light reddish purple lip, white sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. rubra; magenta lip, pink sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. sanguinea; magenta lip, sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. striata; magenta lip, pink vein pattern sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. vagnota; dark red lip, white sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. vinicolor; dark red lip with small white patch at the end, white sepals and petals
  • C. purpurata f. werkhaeuserii; light bluish lip, white sepals and petals
  • Cattleya purpurata var. oculata
  • Cattleya purpurata f. alba

Hybrids

Cattleya × elegans is a hybrid orchid with a formula hybridae Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg (2008) × Cattleya tigrina A.Rich. (1848). It is found in South and South-East Brazil.

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