Cattleya guttata

{{Short description|Species of orchid}}

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| image = Cattleya guttata Orchi 05.jpg

| genus = Cattleya

| parent = Cattleya subg. Intermediae

| species = guttata

| authority = Lindl.

| synonyms =

• Cattleya elatior Lindl.
• Cattleya sphenophora C. Morren
• Epidendrum amethystoglossum Rchb.f.
• Epidendrum elatius (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
• Cattleya guttata var. pernambucensis Rodigas
• Cattleya guttata var. compacta Hoehne & Schltr.
• Cattleya guttata var. elatior (Lindl.) Fowlie
• Cattleya guttata var. caerulea L.C. Menezes
• Cattleya leopoldii subsp. pernambucensis Brieger
• Cattleya guttata f. munda (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss
• Cattleya guttata f. albina Xim.Bols.

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Cattleya guttata ("the spotted Cattley orchid") is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. guttata has been determined as 2n = 40.page 251 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