Cattleya mossiae

Cattleya mossiae (literally 'Moss' Cattleya'), commonly known as the Easter orchid, is a species of labiate Cattleya orchid. The white-flowered form is sometimes known as Cattleya wagneri.[1] The diploid chromosome number of C. mossiae has been determined as 2n = 40. The haploid chromosome number has been determined as n = 20.[2]

Cattleya mossiae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Cattleya
Subgenus: Cattleya subg. Cattleya
Section: Cattleya sect. Cattleya
Species:
C. mossiae
Binomial name
Cattleya mossiae
C.Parker ex Hook.
Synonyms
  • Cattleya labiata var. mossiae (C.Parker ex Hook.) Lindl.
  • Cattleya wageneri Rchb.f.
  • Cattleya labiata var. reineckeana Rchb.f.
  • Cattleya reineckiana Rchb.f.
  • Epidendrum labiatum var. reineckeanum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Epidendrum labiatum var. mossiae (C.Parker ex Hook.) Rchb.f.
  • Epidendrum labiatum var. wageneri (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Cattleya carrierei Houllet
  • Cattleya mossiae var. hardyana B.S.Williams & T.Moore
  • Cattleya mossiae var. reineckeana Rchb.f. ex O'Brien
  • Cattleya mossiae var. decora B.S.Williams
  • Cattleya edithiana R.Warner ex B.S.Williams
  • Cattleya aliciae Linden
  • Cattleya mossiae var. coerulea Cogn.
  • Cattleya mossiae var. beyrodtiana Schltr.
  • Cattleya mossiae var. wageneri Braem
  • Cattleya mossiae f. coerulea (Cogn.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss
  • Cattleya mossiae f. reineckeana (Rchb.f. ex O'Brien) M.Wolff & O.Gruss
  • Cattleya mossiae f. wageneri (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss

It is among the group of very fragrant orchids.

References
  1. The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
  2. page 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract
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