Cattleya leopoldii (tigrina)

Cattleya leopoldii (tigrina).  These come in a variety of colors including brown with red blotches, red, cream colored and even green!  This is one of the cleaner brown colored ones.

Cattleya leopoldii

Cattleya leopoldii (also known and Cattleya tigrina), a native of Southern Brazilian coastal forests.  This is a large, warm growing, bifoliate Cattleya with wonderful, waxy, fragrant flowers.

Color Variation in Cattleya leopoldii

Cattleya leopoldii, orange variety. Cattleya leopoldii comes in many different color varieties. This one is a pleasant orangish color without spotting. It's fun to see the different varieties and wonder how they came about. Are they mutants? Are they hybrids? We'll never know!

Cattleya leopoldii

Cattleya leopoldii. This is a wonderfully dark, Cattleya leopoldii. They use these to breed for nice clusters of flowers on tall stems with spots! Most aren't this dark but there is a dark-flowered strain out of Brazil that this is probably from.