Orchidaceae
Violet cattleya
Cattleya violacea
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Cattleya
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Common names
By language (4)
- arz
- كاتليا فيولاسيا
- Chinese
- 堇花卡特兰
- English
- Violet cattleya, "Violet Cattley's", Superba of the Orinoco
- Russian
- Каттлея фиолетовая
Synonyms
- Cattleya odoratissima P.N.Don
- Cattleya schomburgkii Lodd. ex Lindl.
- Cattleya superba R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.
- Cattleya superba var. alba Rolfe
- Cattleya superba var. ashworthii Anon.
- Cattleya superba var. splendens Lem.
- Cattleya superba var. wellsiana Anon.
- Cattleya violacea f. alba (Rolfe) Christenson
- Cattleya violacea var. alba (Rolfe) Fowlie
- Cattleya violacea var. ashworthii (Anon.) Braem
- Cattleya violacea var. huebneri Schltr.
- Cattleya violacea var. splendens (Lem.) Fowlie
- Cattleya violacea var. wellsiana (Anon.) Braem
- Cymbidium violaceum Kunth
- Epidendrum superbum (R.H.Schomb. ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Epidendrum violaceum (Kunth) Rchb.f.
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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.