Cattleya mossiae

Cattleya mossiae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Cattleya
Subgenus:	Cattleya subg. Cattleya
Section:	Cattleya sect. Cattleya
Species:	C. mossiae
Binomial name
	Cattleya mossiae; C.Parker ex Hook.
Synonyms
	Cattleya labiata var. mossiae (C.Parker ex Hook.) Lindl.; Cattleya wageneri Rchb.f.; Cattleya labiata var. reineckeana Rchb.f.; Cattleya reineckiana Rchb.f.; Epidendrum labiatum var. reineckeanum (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Epidendrum labiatum var. mossiae (C.Parker ex Hook.) Rchb.f.; Epidendrum labiatum var. wageneri (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.; Cattleya carrierei Houllet; Cattleya mossiae var. hardyana B.S.Williams & T.Moore; Cattleya mossiae var. reineckeana Rchb.f. ex O'Brien; Cattleya mossiae var. decora B.S.Williams; Cattleya edithiana R.Warner ex B.S.Williams; Cattleya aliciae Linden; Cattleya mossiae var. coerulea Cogn.; Cattleya mossiae var. beyrodtiana Schltr.; Cattleya mossiae var. wageneri Braem; Cattleya mossiae f. coerulea (Cogn.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss; Cattleya mossiae f. reineckeana (Rchb.f. ex O'Brien) M.Wolff & O.Gruss; Cattleya mossiae f. wageneri (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss;

Cattleya mossiae (literally 'Moss' Cattleya'), commonly known as the Easter orchid, is a species of labiate Cattleya orchid. The white-flowered form is sometimes known as Cattleya wagneri.^[1] The diploid chromosome number of C. mossiae has been determined as 2n = 40. The haploid chromosome number has been determined as n = 20.^[2]

It is among the group of very fragrant orchids.

References

^ The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia
^ page 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract

External links

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Data related to Cattleya mossiae at Wikispecies

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[1] The Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia

[2] 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract

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