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Orchid Species: Hadrolaelia wittigiana

Kew currently accepted name is Cattleya wittigiana

Hadrolaelia wittigiana is an orchid species identified by (Barb.Rodr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro in 2002. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Cattleya wittigiana.
Genus
Hadrolaelia (Hdl.)
Grex
wittigiana
Parents
Species
Author
(Barb.Rodr.) Chiron & V.P.Castro
Year
2002
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ORIGIN: Found in the central mountain range of Espirito Santo State, Brazil, in tropical forests at elevations of 700 to 2000 meters in gully swamps on mossy, rough-barked trees.

DESCRIPTION: A mini-miniature sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with globular pseudobulbs that are arranged in two rows along the rhizome and carry a single, apical, ovate, stiff, leathery leaf that blooms in the winter on an apical, 2.4 to 3.2 [6 to 8 cm] long, single to few flowered inflorescence in nature but in cultivation .

FLOWER SIZE: 2 1/2 to 3 inches [4 to 6.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Cattleya C wittigiana 2008 (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg
Add+ Sophronitis S purpurea 1878 Rchb.f.
Add+ Sophronitis S wittigiana 1878 Barb.Rodr.
Add+ Sophronitis S rosea 1884 Gostling
Most awarded/recent cultivars: C. wittigiana 'Dalles' (7 awards from 2011 to 2018) C. wittigiana 'Sebastian' (2 awards from 2016 to 2017) C. wittigiana 'Rosa' (2 awards from 2012 to 2013) C. wittigiana 'Mörfelden' (2 awards from 2011 to 2012) C. wittigiana 'Ibitipoca' (2 awards in 2012) C. wittigiana 'Angelika' (2018) C. wittigiana 'Mac Daddy' (2018) C. wittigiana 'Windflower' (2018) C. wittigiana 'Bitelinha' (2017) C. wittigiana 'Curtis' Pink Elephant' (2016) C. wittigiana 'Tokyo Jewel' (2015) C. wittigiana 'Serendipity' (2014) C. wittigiana 'Diamond Orchids' (2012) S. wittigiana 'PinkOpal' (2007) S. rosea 'Claire' (2004) S. wittigiana 'Pink Perfection' (2000) S. wittigiana 'Alba' (1996) S. wittigiana 'Lindsay' (1991) S. wittigiana 'Pinko' (1990) S. wittigiana 'Lynn' (1987)
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