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Definitions for cattleya
ˈkæt li ə, kætˈli ə, -ˈleɪ əcat·t·leya
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cattleyanoun
any orchid of the genus Cattleya characterized by a three-lobed lip enclosing the column; among the most popular and most extravagantly beautiful orchids known
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cattleyanoun
Any plant of the genus Cattleya, a species of orchid.
Etymology: Named after William Cattley, English botanist.
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Cattleya
Cattleya () is a genus of orchids from Costa Rica south to Argentina. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals.
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cattleya
Cattleya is a genus of orchids, named after horticulturalist Sir William Cattley. These plants are predominantly epiphytic, growing naturally on trees in Central and South America, and are well-known for their large, showy and often fragrant flowers, making them popular in horticultural cultivation.
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Cattleya
Cattleya is a genus of 113 species of orchids from Costa Rica to tropical South America. The genus was named in 1824 by John Lindley after Sir William Cattley who received and was the first to bloom a specimen of Cattleya labiata. William Swainson had discovered the new plant in Pernambuco, Brazil, in 1817 and shipped to the Glasgow Botanic Gardens for identification. Swainson requested that a few plants be later sent to Cattley, who was able to bloom one a full year before the plants in Glasgow. It would be another 70 years before they would be rediscovered in the wild because of a mixup in the assumed location of the plants. The genus is abbreviated C in trade journals. They are widely known for their large, showy flowers, and were used extensively in hybridization for the cut-flower trade until the 1980s when pot plants became more popular. This genus and the numerous hybrids come close, through their beauty, to the idealized picture we have of the orchids. The flowers of the hybrids can vary in size from 5 cm to 15 cm or more. They occur in all colors except true blue and black. The typical flower has three rather narrow sepals and three usually broader petals: two petals are similar to each other, and the third is the quite different conspicuous lip, featuring various markings and specks and an often frilly margin. At the base, the margins are folded into a tube. Each flower stalk originates from a pseudobulb. The number of flowers varies; it can be just one or two, or sometimes up to ten.
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The numerical value of cattleya in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
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The numerical value of cattleya in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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- كاتلياArabic
- CattleyaGerman
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- CattleyaFrench
- cattleyaIndonesian
- cattleyaItalian
- 까마귀Korean
- OncidiumLatin
- CattleyaPortuguese
- каттлеиRussian
- คัทลียาThai
- cattleyaVietnamese
- 卡特兰Chinese
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