Cattleya forbesii

"Cattleya forbesii Lindl. is native to Brazil. It was once a popular epiphyte in the forests of the coastal swamps and on the river banks in the areas east of Rio de Janeiro and southwest of Sao Paulo. Preparing land for agriculture has seriously diminished its population"

 Cattleya forbesii Lindl., Coll. Bot. (Lindley) sub t. 37 (1826).

Cattleya forbesii Lindl., Photo by Daniel Nolte

its native range is Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina).

Latin Name: 

Cattleya forbesii Lindl.

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Cattleya forbesii f. alba A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.

Cattleya forbesii f. andreana A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii f. aquinii A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii f. aurea A.Seidel ex Roeth

Cattleya forbesii f. beatriciana A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii f. coerulea A.S.Medeiros & Zager

Cattleya forbesii f. delicata A.S.Medeiros & Zager

Cattleya forbesii f. eburnea A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii f. flammea A.S.Medeiros & Zager

Cattleya forbesii f. maculata A.S.Medeiros & Zager

Cattleya forbesii f. marginata A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.

Cattleya forbesii f. oculata A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.

Cattleya forbesii f. parda A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii f. rosea A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii f. rubra A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii f. trilabellata A.S.Medeiros & Zager

Cattleya forbesii f. venosa A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro

Cattleya forbesii var. viridiflora Horta

Cattleya forbesii f. viridipetala A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.

Cattleya fulva Beer

Cattleya isopetala Beer

Cattleya pauper (Vell.) Stellfeld

Cattleya vestalis Hoffmanns.

Epidendrum forbesii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Epidendrum pauper Vell.

Maelenia paradoxa Dumort.

English Name:

Forbes' Cattleya (English Orchid Collector 1800's).

Description: 

With slightly swollen pseudobulbs subtended by several membraneous sheaths and carrying 2 apical, oblong, coriaceous, spreading, rounded, notched apically leaves that blooms from autumn until spring on an erect, terminal, 9 to 15 cm long, 1 to few (6) flowered inflorescence subtended basally by a sheath from which long-lived, fragrant bubble gum scented , waxy, color variable flowers arise.

Distribution:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.

Ecological:

Near streams or the sea coast on trees and rocks or on bushes under trees at elevations around 200 meters as a cool to warm growing, medium sized epiphyitc or lithophytic species.

Flowering times:

Bloome from autumn until spring.

Flower size:

11.0 mm

Cultivation:

Climate: Warm

Air Circulation: Medium

Light: High

Humidity: Medium

Fertilizer: Weekly

Typus:

Reference: 

- theplantlist.org

- https://www.ipni.org/n/622082-1

- http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:622082-1

- http://www.orchidspecies.com/catforbesii.htm. 

- https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/04/cattleya-forbesii-care-and-culture.html

- https://www.ecuagenera.com/Cattleya-forbesii/en