Orchidaceae
Forbes' cattleya
Cattleya forbesii
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cattleya
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Forbes' cattleya, Orchid
Synonyms
- Cattleya forbesii f. alba A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.
- Cattleya forbesii f. andreana A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. aquinii A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. aurea A.Seidel ex Roeth
- Cattleya forbesii f. beatriciana A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. coerulea A.S.Medeiros & Zager
- Cattleya forbesii f. delicata A.S.Medeiros & Zager
- Cattleya forbesii f. eburnea A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. flammea A.S.Medeiros & Zager
- Cattleya forbesii f. maculata A.S.Medeiros & Zager
- Cattleya forbesii f. marginata A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.
- Cattleya forbesii f. oculata A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.
- Cattleya forbesii f. parda A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. rosea A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. rubra A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. trilabellata A.S.Medeiros & Zager
- Cattleya forbesii f. venosa A.S.Medeiros & Pegoraro
- Cattleya forbesii f. viridipetala A.S.Medeiros & Xim.Bols.
- Cattleya forbesii var. viridiflora Horta
- Cattleya fulva Beer
- Cattleya isopetala Beer
- Cattleya pauper (Vell.) Stellfeld
- Cattleya vestalis Hoffmanns.
- Epidendrum forbesii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Epidendrum pauper Vell.
- Maelenia paradoxa Dumort.
Photos
Photo: Dr. Volkmar Rudolf/Tilman2007, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Arne and Bent Larsen, Haarby, Denmark, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Emőke Dénes, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Forbes' cattleya: SUBGENUS Intermedia [Cogn.] Withner 1989 Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina) 84 BZL BZS Found in Southern America Brazil Brazil South, Brazi](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Cattleya_forbesii_fma._aurea_%E2%80%98Ten%E2%80%99_Lindl.%2C_Coll._Bot.-_t._37_%281826%29_%2834914851935%29.jpg/1280px-Cattleya_forbesii_fma._aurea_%E2%80%98Ten%E2%80%99_Lindl.%2C_Coll._Bot.-_t._37_%281826%29_%2834914851935%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Forbes' cattleya: SUBGENUS Intermedia [Cogn.] Withner 1989 Distribution: Brazil (Rio de Janeiro to Santa Catarina) 84 BZL BZS Found in Southern America Brazil Brazil South, Brazi](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Cattleya_forbesii_fma._aurea_%E2%80%98Ten%E2%80%99_Lindl.%2C_Coll._Bot.-_t._37_%281826%29_%2834914853575%29.jpg/1280px-Cattleya_forbesii_fma._aurea_%E2%80%98Ten%E2%80%99_Lindl.%2C_Coll._Bot.-_t._37_%281826%29_%2834914853575%29.jpg)
Photo: snotch 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.