Cattleya maxima var. semi alba
Posted on January 11, 2017
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Cattleya maxima Lindl., Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 116 (1833).
Homotypic Synonyms:
Epidendrum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f. in W.G.Walpers, Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 316 (1861).
Heterotypic Synonyms:
Cattleya maxima var. aphlebia Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 394 (1884).
Cattleya malouana Linden, Lindenia 1: 90 (1885).
Cattleya maxima var. backhousii Rchb.f., Gard. Chron., n.s., 24: 142 (1885).
Cattleya maxima var. hrubyana L.Linden & Rodigas, Lindenia 1: 29 (1885).
Cattleya maxima subvar. alba A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch, Man. Orchid. Pl. 1: 44 (1887).
Cattleya maxima var. marchettiana B.S.Williams, Orchid Album 9: t. 404 (1891).
Cattleya maxima f. aphlebia (Rchb.f.) Roeth, Orchidee (Hamburg) 61: 45 (2010).- this form is dark purple
Cattleya maxima f. alba (A.H.Kent) L.Becker, Orchidee (Hamburg) 65: 229 (2014).
not sure why this is not listed as a synonym of maxima, working on it
Cattleya maxima Lindl. var. virginalis
Lindenia, Iconography of orchids [E. von Lindemann], vol. 13: t. 558 (1896)
Cattleya malouana above
Cattleya maxima var. backhousii  above
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