Orchidaceae
Cattleya cernua
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cattleya
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Common names
By language (2)
- Japanese
- カトレア・ケルヌア
- Russian
- Софронитис наклоненный, Софронитис наклонённый
Synonyms
- Cattleya cernua var. alagoensis (Gomes Ferreira) K.A.Roberts
- Cattleya cernua var. albiflora (Cogn.) K.A.Roberts
- Cattleya cernua var. endsfeldzii (Pabst) K.A.Roberts
- Cattleya pterocarpa Beer
- Epidendrum humile Vell.
- Sophronia cernua Lindl.
- Sophronia modesta Lindl.
- Sophronia pterocarpa (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze
- Sophronitis cernua (Lindl.) Sweet
- Sophronitis cernua (Lindl.) Lindl.
- Sophronitis cernua var. alagoensis Gomes Ferreira
- Sophronitis cernua var. albiflora Cogn.
- Sophronitis cernua var. endsfeldzii Pabst
- Sophronitis hoffmannseggii Rchb.f. ex Hoffmanns.
- Sophronitis isopetala Hoffmanns.
- Sophronitis modesta Lindl.
- Sophronitis nutans Hoffmanns.
- Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindl. & Paxton
Flowers
- In flower
- April to July (from 17 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Patrícia Hanate, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Rony Ristow, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Michael Wolf, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Frank Thomas Sautter, CC0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Pablo Cauã da Silva Toledo, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: sunoochi from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.