Orchidaceae
Scarlet cattleya
Cattleya coccinea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cattleya
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 索芙萝兰, 贞兰
- English
- Scarlet cattleya
- Japanese
- カトレア・コクシネア, カトレア・コッキネア, ソフロニティス・コクシネア, ソフロニティス・コッキネア
- Malayalam
- കാറ്റില്യ കോക്കൈനി
Synonyms
- Cattleya coccinea var. rossiteriana (Barb.Rodr.) Van den Berg
- Cattleya grandiflora (Lindl.) Beer
- Hadrolaelia coccinea (Lindl.) Chiron & V.P.Castro
- Sophronia coccinea (Lindl.) Kuntze
- Sophronia militaris (Rchb.f.) Kuntze
- Sophronitis coccinea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Sophronitis coccinea f. rossiteriana (Barb.Rodr.) Pabst & Dungs
- Sophronitis grandiflora Lindl.
- Sophronitis militaris Rchb.f.
- Sophronitis rossiteriana Barb.Rodr.
Flowers
- In flower
- February to March, June to October, December (from 71 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Reinaldo de Oliveira Elias, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Yoannis Domínguez, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: agujaceratops, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
FlowerPhoto: Peter Abrahamsen, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: KENPEI, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi from Fairbanks, AK, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: topeuna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi from Fairbanks, AK, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi from Fairbanks, AK, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi from Fairbanks, AK, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Naoki Takebayashi from Fairbanks, AK, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: topeuna, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist
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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.