Orchidaceae
Spotted cattleya
Cattleya guttata
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cattleya
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Common names
By language (1)
- English
- Spotted cattleya
Synonyms
- Cattleya elatior Lindl.
- Cattleya guttata f. albina Xim.Bols.
- Cattleya guttata f. munda (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss
- Cattleya guttata var. caerulea L.C.Menezes
- Cattleya guttata var. elatior (Lindl.) Fowlie
- Cattleya guttata var. munda Rchb.f.
- Cattleya guttata var. pernambucensis Rodigas
- Cattleya leopoldii subsp. pernambucensis (Rodigas) Brieger
- Cattleya sphenophora C.Morren
- Epidendrum amethystoglossum Rchb.f.
- Epidendrum elatius (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
Flowers
- In flower
- March, May (from 10 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos

Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Patrícia Mees, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Renatoxb, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: snotch from Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Spotted cattleya: [Southern Brazil / ブラジル南部] SUBGENUS Intermediae ( .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Cogn. ) Withner , Cattleyas & Relatives 6: 168 (2000) Di](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f8/Cattleya_guttata_Lindl.%2C_Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._17_t._1406_%281831%29_%2850603687732%29.jpg/1280px-Cattleya_guttata_Lindl.%2C_Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._17_t._1406_%281831%29_%2850603687732%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Spotted cattleya: [Southern Brazil / ブラジル南部] SUBGENUS Intermediae ( .mw-parser-output .smallcaps{font-variant:small-caps} Cogn. ) Withner , Cattleyas & Relatives 6: 168 (2000) Di](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/dc/Cattleya_guttata_Lindl.%2C_Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._17_t._1406_%281831%29_%2850603689277%29.jpg/1280px-Cattleya_guttata_Lindl.%2C_Edwards%27s_Bot._Reg._17_t._1406_%281831%29_%2850603689277%29.jpg)
Photo: sunoochi, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Kersten~ptwiki, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.