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09-MAY-2010 BJ Ramsay

Cattleya purpurata var flammea

Smithsonian, Washington DC

A Rose by any other Name


This great cattleya has been the subject of a lot of name
"calling" (read changing) recently. Starting as a Laelia,
and then a Sophronitis, and then back to Laelia then finally
its now a Cattleya. And everytime it changes names all its
progeny are subject to name changes, and C. purpurata has
over 300 registered hybrids as a direct parent.
;o((
You'll notice I have several shots of this plant and other varieties
listed in the Laelia section, guess its time to update the files.

Nikon D300 ,Nikkor 105mm f/2.8D AF Micro
1/250s f/16.0 at 105.0mm iso200 full exif

other sizes: small medium original auto
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Guest 07-Mar-2012 11:16
Beauti, nicely captured. Best. J
J. Scott Coile07-Mar-2012 07:00
Quite exotic.
Guest 07-Mar-2012 03:19
Very beautiful, as usually. V.