Cattleya intermedia var. alba

Surname: Cattleya intermedia Graham ex Hook. 1828
Synonyms:
Cattleya amabilis BSWilliams 1862
Cattleya amethestina C. Morr. 1848
Cattleya amethystina C. Morren 1848
Cattleya aquinii Barb. Rodr. 1891
Cattleya candida hort.
Cattleya gibeziae Linden & Rodigas 1887
Cattleya ianthina hort. 1853
Cattleya intermedia f. amethystina (C.Morren) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007
Cattleya intermedia f. parthenia (Rchb.f.) F.Barros & JANBat. 2004
Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina (C.Morren ex Lem.) Fowlie 1977
Cattleya intermedia var. angustifolia Hook. 1839
Cattleya intermedia var. gibeziae (L.Linden & Rodigas) L.Linden & Rodigas 1887
Cattleya intermedia var. macrochila Barb.Rodr. 1877
Cattleya intermedia var. pallida Lindl. 1836
Cattleya intermedia var. parthenia Rchb.f. 1888
Cattleya intermedia var. punctatissima Sander 1892
Cattleya intermedia var variegata Hkr. 1844
Cattleya intermedium Rchb.f 1861
Cattleya loddigesii Lindley var amethystina Lem 1853
Cattleya sylvestris Lindley 1836
Cattleya ovata Lindley 1836
Epidendrum intermedium Rchb.f 1861
Laelia lindleyana G. Nicholson 1885
Laelia lindleyana (Rchb. f.) HJ Veitch 1887;
etymology:
intermedia = intermediate, medium-sized
alba = white
Trade name: Cattleya
Reproduction: from seeds
Origin: Brazil, Uruguay and Argentina
Location:
grows epi- and lithophytically in the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul as well as in Uruguay and Argentina in the Atlantic coastal forest on exposed rocks and small trees near the sea or streams
Remarks:
There are numerous location variants of this species, which differ from the nominal form both in growth and flowering.