Orchidaceae
Cattleya

Cattleya percivaliana (Rchb.f.) O'Brien

First published in Gard. Chron., n.s., 20: 404 (1883)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Colombia to NW. & N. Venezuela. It is a pseudobulbous epiphyte and grows primarily in the wet tropical biome. It is has environmental uses.

Descriptions

Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. http://catalogoplantasdecolombia.unal.edu.co

Distribution
Nativa en Colombia; Alt. 1300 - 2000 m.; Orinoquia?.
Morphology General Habit
Hierba, epífita
Conservation
Datos Insuficientes
[CPLC]

Distribution
Biogeografic region: Orinoquia. Elevation range: 1300–2000 m a.s.l. Native to Colombia. Colombian departments: Arauca, Norte de Santander.
Habit
Herb, Epiphyte.
Conservation
National Red List of Colombia (2021): DD. Listed in Appendix II of CITES.
[UPFC]

Uses

Use Environmental
Environmental uses.
[UPFC]

Common Names

English
Christmas Orchid

Sources

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

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

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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 Living Collection Database

    • Common Names from Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Living Collection https://www.kew.org/

  • 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