General Plant Information (Edit)
Plant Habit: Herb/Forb
Life cycle: Perennial
Sun Requirements: Full Sun to Partial Shade
Partial or Dappled Shade
Flowers: Showy
Flower Color: Mauve
Bloom Size: 3"-4"
Suitable Locations: Houseplant
Resistances: Humidity tolerant
Containers: Needs excellent drainage in pots
Miscellaneous: Epiphytic
Awards and Recognitions: Other: National Flower of Costa Rica

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Common names
  • Guaria Morada
  • Orchid
Botanical names
  • Accepted: Guarianthe skinneri
  • Synonym: Cattleya skinneri

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Location: Nationale Plantentuin Meise (Brussels)
Date: 2018-10-10
'Alba'
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-04-19
Guarianthe skinneri - one of a number of colors it can express.
Location: Longwood Gardens, Kennett Square, Pennsylvania
Date: 2022-04-25
Location: Conservatory, Matthaei Botanical Gardens, Ann Arbor
Date: 2018-04-19
A delicately colored, slightly mottled variant of Guarianthe skin
Photo by hawkarica
Photo by hawkarica
Photo by hawkarica
Photo by dyzzypyxxy
Location: Botanical Graden Meise - Nationale Plantentuin Meise - Brussel
Date: 2017-09-27
The plant formerly known as Cattleya skinneri var. alba
Location: Orchillim 2012
Date: 2016-02-16
Photo by dyzzypyxxy

Labelled C. skinneri v. coerolescens
Photo by dyzzypyxxy
Photo by hawkarica
Photo by hawkarica
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2014-12-13
Location: Odessa, FL
Date: 2014-12-08
Location: Orchid collection of Arne and Bent Larsen
Photo courtesy of: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark

Labelled C. skinneri v. coerolescens

Labelled C. skinneri v. coerolescens
Location: Palm Sunday Orchid Show, MI
Date: 2008

Date: 2009-12-19
Curtis's Bot. Magazine, vol. 72, (1846)
Location: Botanischen Garten Köln
Date: 2010-05-21
Photo courtesy of: Michael Wolf
Location: Orchid collection of Arne and Bent Larsen, original filename: 'orc-cattleya/Cattleya skinnerii alba
Photo courtesy of: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark
Discussion Threads about this plant
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Not G. skinneri? by Australis Jul 10, 2022 7:28 AM 3

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