Plant flowers from spring to summer with two to seven flowers. Flowers are 12.5 cm wide and fragrant.
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing on rocks and small trees in the coastal forest of Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina.
Culture[]
Plants should be grown in medium fir bark with partial to full sun. It requires a intermediate to warm temperature. Water approximately once a week. Plant can also be mounted.
Varieties[]
Image
Name
Description
Cattleya intermedia var. alba
White sepals and petals, with a white lip
Cattleya intermedia variant
White fringed sepals and petals, with a white lip
Cattleya intermedia amethystina
Cream color sepals and petals, with a light purple lip
Cattleya intermedia var. coerulea
White sepals and petals, with a purple lip
Cattleya intermedia var. marginata
White sepals and petals, with a magenta lip
Cattleya intermedia var. marginata
Pink sepals and petals, with a magenta lip
Cattleya intermedia 'Jerry Elmore'
Pink sepals and petals, with a pink lip, HCC/AOS
Cattleya intermedia 'Crownfox'
Pink sepals and petals, with a purple lip, HCC/AOS
Cattleya intermedia variant
light purple sepals and light purple petals with a purple stripe, with a purple lip
Image:Cattleya intermedia 'Aranbeen'.jpg
White sepals and petals, with a light pink lip, HCC/AOS
Cattleya intermedia variant
Sepals are pink and petals are pink lip edges, with a pink lip
Cattleya intermedia var. acquinii
Sepals are pink and petals are pink with red patches on the edge, with a red lip
Cattleya intermedia var. acquinii f. coerulea
Sepals are white and petals are white with purple patches on the edge, with a purple lip
Cattleya intermedia var. acquinii f. vinicolor
Sepals are white and petals are white with red patches on the edge, with a red lip
Cattleya intermedia var. delicata
Sepals are pink and petals are pink with magenta patches on the edge, with a magenta lip
Naming[]
Common Name: Intermediate Cattleya
Synonyms[]
Cattleya amablis Lindley ex DuBuss 1878
Cattleya amethestina C. Morr. 1848
Cattleya amethystina C. Morren 1848
Cattleya aquinii Barb. Rodr. 1891
Cattleya candida hort.
Cattleya gibeziae Linden & Rodigas 1887
Cattleya ianthina hort. 1853
Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina (C.Morren ex Lem.) Fowlie 1977
Cattleya intermedia var. punctatissima Sander 1892
Cattleya intermedium Rchb.f 1861
Cattleya loddigesii Lindley var amethystina Lem 1853