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Orchid Species: Cattleya bowringiana

Kew currently accepted name is Guarianthe bowringiana

Cattleya bowringiana is an orchid species identified by O'Brien in 1885. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Guarianthe bowringiana.
Genus
Cattleya (C.)
Grex
bowringiana
(traditional Sander nomenclature)
Parents
Species
Author
O'Brien
Year
1885
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ORIGIN: Belize and Guatemala are the home to this medium to large sized, hot to warm growing lithophyte found at elevations of 210 to 900 meters on rocky cliffs near fast moving streams in a humid atmosphere.

DESCRIPTION: Medium to large sized, hot to warm growing lithophyte with club-shaped pseudobulbs carrying 2, rarely 3, apical, narrowly oblong, leathery, dark green leaves and blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect or nodding, long-stalked, to 10 [to 25 cm] long, few to many flowered inflorescence arising through 2, basal, compressed spathes carrying up to 15 flowers that are not long lasting.

FLOWER SIZE: 3 inches [7.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Guarianthe Gur bowringiana 2003 (O'Brien) Dressler & W.E.Higgins
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Gur. bowringiana h.f. albescens 'Tower Grove' (2 awards from 2015 to 2018) Gur. bowringiana 'A1' (2 awards in 2012) Gur. bowringiana 'Anja' (2 awards in 2011) C. bowringiana 'Splendiferous' (2 awards from 1994 to 1995) C. bowringiana h.f. albescens 'Tower Grove' (2 awards in 1974) Gur. bowringiana 'Tower Grove-Ilmthal' (2016) C. bowringiana 'Angela' (2014) Gur. bowringiana h.f. coerulea 'Graue' (2011) Gur. bowringiana 'Summit Snow' (2011) Gur. bowringiana 'One In A Million' (2010) Gur. bowringiana h.f. coerulea 'Sophia Leanne' (2010) C. bowringiana 'Pamela' (2005) Gur. bowringiana 'Virginia' (2005) C. bowringiana 'Augusta' (2003) C. bowringiana h.v. superbiens 'Augusta' (2002) C. bowringiana 'Josie' (2002) C. bowringiana h.f. alba 'Hamlyn' (1997) C. bowringiana 'Nancy's Aloha' (1997) C. bowringiana h.f. coerulea 'Blue Sky' (1995) C. bowringiana 'Blue Smoke' (1995)
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