Orchidaceae

Largest cattleya

Cattleya maxima Lindl.

Family: Orchidaceae
Genus: Cattleya

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Largest cattleya: Cattleya maxima — Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (4)

arz: كاتليا ماكسيما
Chinese: 巨花卡特兰
English: Largest cattleya, Orchid
Russian: Каттлея крупнейшая

Synonyms

Cattleya maloriana Lind.
Cattleya malouana Linden
Cattleya maxima f. alba (A.H.Kent) L.Becker
Cattleya maxima f. aphlebia (Rchb.f.) Roeth
Cattleya maxima subvar. alba A.H.Kent
Cattleya maxima var. aphlebia Rchb.f.
Cattleya maxima var. backhousei Rchb.f.
Cattleya maxima var. hrubyana L.Linden & Rodigas
Cattleya maxima var. marchettiana B.S.Williams
Cattleya maxima var. marchettiana B.S.Williams
Epidendrum maximum (Lindl.) Rchb.f.

Photos

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: 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: 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

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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.