Cattleya forbesii

{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

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|image = Orchid-004.jpg

|genus = Cattleya

|parent = Cattleya subg. Intermediae

|species = forbesii

|authority = Lindl.

|synonyms =

• Epidendrum pauper Vell.
• Maelenia paradoxa Dumort.
• Cattleya vestalis Hoffmanns.
• Cattleya fulva Beer
• Cattleya isopetala Beer
• Epidendrum forbesii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
• Cattleya forbesii var. viridiflora Horta
• Cattleya pauper (Vell.) Stellfeld

}}

Cattleya forbesii, or Forbes' cattleya, is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. forbesii has been determined as 2n = 54–60.page 250 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract