Cattleya purpurata var. carnea

Purple-stained Laelia

Orchidaceae (Orchid family)

Native to Brazil (States of Rio Grande do Sul, Santa Catarina and São Paulo)

Oʻahu, Hawaii, USA (Cultivated)

 

The flowers are fragrant.

 

Flowers

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**NOTE**

While I enjoy orchids, as an environmentally conscious orchid grower in Hawaiʻi, I am proactive when it comes to removing and properly destroying any and all seed pods from the plants so as not to encourage their spreading into our fragile native Hawaiian forests.

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