Cattleya mossiae

 Vernacular names [edit wikidata 'Cattleya mossiae']

• English: Moss' Cattley's
• مصرى: كاتليا موسيا
• español: Flor de Mayo
• فارسی: ارکیده ایستر
• srpskohrvatski (latinica): Mossova katleja
• 中文: 莫氏卡特兰

APG IV Classification: Domain: Eukaryota • (unranked): Archaeplastida • Regnum: Plantae • Cladus: Angiosperms • Cladus: monocots • Ordo: Asparagales • Familia: Orchidaceae • Subfamilia: Epidendroideae • Tribus: Epidendreae • Subtribus: Laeliinae • Genus: Cattleya • Species: Cattleya mossiae C.Parker ex Hook. (1838)

Synonyms

Homotypic synonyms Cattleya labiata var. mossiae (C.Parker ex Hook.) Lindl., Edwards's Bot. Reg. 26: t. 58 (1840) Epidendrum labiatum var. mossiae (C.Parker ex Hook.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 30 (1862) Heterotypic synonyms Cattleya wageneri Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 2: 21 (1854) Cattleya labiata var. reineckeana Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 327 (1856) Cattleya reineckiana Rchb.f., Bonplandia (Hannover) 4: 237 (1856) Cattleya edithiana B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 70 (1862) Cattleya mcmorlandii B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 2: 74 (1862) Epidendrum labiatum var. reineckeanum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 30 (1862) Epidendrum labiatum var. wageneri (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f., Xenia Orchid. 2: 30 (1862) Cattleya mossiae var. mcmorlandii (B.S.Williams) B.S.Williams, Garden (London, 1871-1927) 5: 494 (1874) Cattleya carrierei Houllet, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 48: 250 (1876) Cattleya mossiae var. aurea F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 242 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. aurea-grandiflora F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 242 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. aurea-marginata F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 242 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. blakei F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 242 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. complanata F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 242 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. conspicua F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. elegans F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. fimbriata F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. flammea F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. grandiflora F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. grandis F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. helenae F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. kermesiana-marginata F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. lawrenceana F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 243 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. magnifica F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. marianae F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. marmorata F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. mooreana F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. napoleonis F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. purpurata F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. rothschildiana F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. splendens F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. striata F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. superba F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 244 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. venosa F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 245 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. victoriae F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 245 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. williamsii F.Buyss., L'orchidophile; Traité Théor. & Prat.: 245 (1878) Cattleya mossiae var. hardyana B.S.Williams & T.Moore, Orchid Album 3: t. 125 (1884) Cattleya mossiae var. reineckeana Rchb.f. ex O'Brien, Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 173 (1884) Cattleya mossiae var. alexandrae B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 192 (1885) Cattleya mossiae var. arnoldiana B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 192 (1885) Cattleya mossiae var. majestica B.S.Williams, Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 195 (1885) Cattleya splendidissima Anon., Gard. Chron., n.s., 26: 10 (1886) Cattleya frithii H.J.Veitch, Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 5: 8 (1889), nom. nud. Cattleya mossiae var. decora B.S.Williams, Orchid Album 9: t. 421 (1891) Cattleya aliciae L.Linden, Lindenia 11: 31 (1895) Cattleya mossiae var. germinyana Cogn. & A.Gooss., Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 9C (1898) Cattleya mossiae var. coerulea Cogn. in C.A.Cogniaux & A.P.G.Goossens, Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 9E (1899) Cattleya mossiae var. variabilis Cogn. & A.Gooss., Dict. Icon. Orchid., Cattleya: t. 9F (1903) Cattleya mossiae var. beyrodtiana Schltr., Orchis 7: 68 (1913) Cattleya mossiae var. wageneri Braem, Cattleya Unifoliate Cattleyas: 65 (1986), no basionym page. Cattleya mossiae f. coerulea (Cogn.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 66 (2007) Cattleya mossiae f. reineckeana (Rchb.f. ex O'Brien) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 66 (2007) Cattleya mossiae f. wageneri (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss, Orchid. Atlas: 66 (2007)

Images of the whole plant

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  forma reineckiana

Flowers

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  forma aquinii
  'Canaima's Paradise'
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  forma coerulea 'Grito'
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Botanical illustrations

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  Cattleya mossiae
  plate 3669 in:
  Curtis's Bot. Magazine
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 65,
  (1839)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  (as syn.
  Cattleya labiata
  var. mossiae)
  plate 58 in:
  Edwards's Bot. Register
  (Orchidaceae),
  vol. 26,
  (1840)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  (as syn.
  Cattleya wageneri)
  plate 13 in:
  H. G. Reichenbach:
  Xenia orchidacea - vol. 1
  (1858)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  (as syn.
  Cattleya mossiae
  var. hardyana)
  Plate 125 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  Plate 246 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  Plate 289 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  (as syn.
  Cattleya mossiae
  var. decora)
  Plate 421 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  (as syn.
  Cattleya wageneri)
  Plate 295 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  (as syn.
  Cattleya mossiae
  var. reineckeana)
  Plate 461 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  Plate 528 in:
  R.Warner - B.S.Williams:
  The Orchid Album
  (1882-1897)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  (as syn.
  Cattleya mossiae
  var. reineckeana)
  plate 52 in:
  Frederick Sander:
  Reichenbachia II
  second series
  (1894)
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  Cattleya mossiae
  Tafel III in:
  Rudolf Schlechter:
  Die Orchideen
  (1915)

Native distribution areas
Reference: Brummitt, R.K. (2001) TDGW - World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition Southern America Northern South America Venezuela.

References

Description of taxon

• Hooker, W.J. (1838) Botanical Magazine 65: 3669.

Selected Bibliography

• Pridgeon, A.M., Cribb, P.J., Chase, M.W. & Rasmussen, F.N. (eds.) (2006) Genera Orchidacearum Volume 4 Epidendroideae (Part one); page 213 ff., Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198507127
  

Selected Weblinks

Wikispecies has an entry on: Cattleya mossiae.

• Kew Gardens 'World Checklist' link : Cattleya mossiae
• eMonocot link: Cattleya mossiae
• Tropicos link: Cattleya mossiae

*International Plant Names Index link: 30 

• The Plant List link: Cattleya mossiae