Biggest Cattleya Flower

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Biggest cattleya flower. Epiphytic or terrestrial orchids with cylindrical rhizome from which the fleshy noodle like roots grow. Time for another first time bloomer a wonderful cattleya species that took me by surprise with her wonderful flower. Cattleya is a sympodial orchid that grows from an underground rhizome.

The genus cattleya so named in honor of sir william cattley is not exceptionally large but does include some of the most striking flowers and varied cultivars. Orchid cattleya trianae common name. The cattleya orchid cattleya aclandiae group is known for large showy and sometimes fragrant flowers the gigantic blossoms on these stunning orchids can measure up to 8 inches across and they come in a wide variety of colors and patterns.

Winter spring its flowers last up to 5 weeks. These growth and flowering patterns of the large flowered cattleya species can have significant botanical value in describing the species. The inflorescence is a terminal raceme with few or several.

Their stems are tall and smooth and their leaves are a vibrant green. Our website also offers other orchid species and related orchid hybrids as well as paphiopediliums and phragmipediums. The leaves can be oblong lanceolate or elliptical somewhat fleshy with smooth margin.

May flower may lily colombian orchid origin. Pseudobulbs can be conical spindle shaped or cylindrical. One or two leaves growing from the top of them.

Cattleya warscewiczii is not only the largest flowered of the cattleya genus with flowers that can reach 12 inches across from petal tip to petal tip it also produces the largest flower spikes with as many as 10 of these huge flowers per spike. Colombia orchid type. Cattleya warscewiczii however flowers before its new growth is completed and the flower buds emerge from the sheath while the pseudobulb is still actively growing.