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Orchid Species: Cattleya sessilis

Kew currently accepted name is Sobralia sessilis

Cattleya sessilis is an orchid species identified by (Lindl.) Beer in 1854. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Sobralia sessilis.
Genus
Cattleya (C.)
Grex
sessilis
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Species
Author
(Lindl.) Beer
Year
1854
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ORIGIN: Found in Colombia, Venezuela, Peru, Guyana and Brazil at altitudes of 125 to 1200 meters.

DESCRIPTION: Large to giant sized, hot to warm growing terrestrial with a branching stem carrying broadly oblong-lanceolate, erect, plicate, acuminate, leaves whose bases and the leaf sheaths are darkly pubescent that blooms, on a short, terminal, several flowered inflorescence with fleshy, fragrant, short-lived flowers produced successively over a long period, occurring in the fall.

FLOWER SIZE: To more than 4 inches [more than 10 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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