Orchidaceae
Cattleya

Cattleya maxima Lindl.

First published in Gen. Sp. Orchid. Pl.: 116 (1833)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. Ecuador to Peru. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Descriptions

Distribution
Native to Colombia.
Conservation
Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
[UPFC]

Sources

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0