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Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Water Preferences: Mesic
Plant Height: 6 inches to 8 inches
Leaves: Evergreen
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Lavender
Other: Pale lavender-pink; lip has a fuchsia midlobe
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
4"-5"
Flower Time: Late winter or early spring
Spring
Underground structures: Bulb
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Uses: Cut Flower
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Salt tolerant
Propagation: Other methods: Other: Division of pseudobulbs.
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic

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A peloric form of the species.
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Location: Cisco, Tx
Date: 2018-04-10
Actually the original species is pure lavender or pink. This is a
Location: San Antonio Botanical Garden, San Antonio, Texas
Date: 2022-04-04
Uploaded by drdawg
Uploaded by BigBill
Uploaded by BigBill
Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Orchid Show (SEPOS) and Sale, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456 
Date: 2017-03-24
Labeled Cattleya intermedia aquinii orlata

A peloric form of the species.
Location: Palm Sunday Orchid Show, MI
Date: 4-2011
Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Orchid Show (SEPOS) and Sale, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456
Date: 2017-3-24
Labelled Cattleya intermedia var. orlata.
Uploaded by prabhisetty
Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Orchid Show (SEPOS) and Sale, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456 
Date: 2017-03-24
Cattleya intermedia var aquinii
Location: Southeast Pennsylvania Orchid Show (SEPOS) and Sale, Oaks, Pennsylvania 19456 
Date: 2017-03-24
Cattleya intermedia var. aquinii
Location: syn. Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina
Date: 2013-03-10
Photo courtesy of: Dinkum
Location: Winston-Salem, NC
Date: 2018-03-03

Photo courtesy of: Orchi

Photo courtesy of: Larsen Twins Orchids

Date: 2012-04-09
Photo courtesy of: Arne and Bent Larsen
Location: syn. Cattleya intermedia var pallida
 Edwards's Bot. Register (1836)
Location: forma alba, Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden,Osaka,Japan
Date: 2011-03-12
Photo courtesy of: KENPEI
Location: forma alba Osaka Prefectural Flower Garden,Osaka,Japan
Date: 2011-08-29
Photo courtesy of: KENPEI
Location: forma alba
Date: 2010-02-05
Photo courtesy of: Elena Gaillard
Location: syn. Cattleya intermedia var. variegata
Curtis's Bot. Magazine (1844)
Location: syn. Cattleya intermedia var. angustifolia
Date: 2009-12-10
Curtis's Bot. Magazine (1840)
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Cattleya intermedia var. aquinii and var. orlata by Australis Jan 13, 2019 5:05 PM 1

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