Cattleya coccinea

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Sophronitis grandiflora Lindl.

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Artist

Name:
Unknown

Illustration

Subject:
Plants
Technique:
Lithograph
Format:
Portrait (taller)
Source:
Missouri Botanical Garden Library, The Internet Archive

Periodical

Title:
Flore des serres et des jardins de l'Europe, vol. 1
Author:
Van Houtte, Louis (under the direction of)
Publisher:
Ghent: Louis van Houtte, 1845
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Description:

Cattleya coccinea, also known as Sophronitis grandiflora, is a plant in the family Orchidaceae, native to South America. It is described as follows in Paxton’s Magazine of Botany:

For so diminutive a plant, the size of the flowers is really extraordinary, and the stalk is made to curve downwards, apparently with the weight of the blossom. The colour is a rich cinnabar, variously tinted with crimson and orange, and pale orange or deep yellow in the centre. When in flower, the plant is not unlike a dwarf Catlleya, and this appearance, combined with the novelty of its colour in relation to that genus, makes it peculiarly interesting.

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