I recently got this plant from Bela Vista Orchids of Brazil (so I can't take the credit of blooming it) as Cattleya blumenscheinii . But it doesn't quite look like the other photos of this species. Can anyone comment on the identification? I'm still learning about this group, and it is pretty difficult to gather taxonomic information. I think there are some natural hybridization/introgression, too, which makes taxonomy more difficult. Cattleya blumenscheinii is named in honor of Almiro Blumenschein, who was an executive director of Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation ( EMBRAPA: Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuaria ). From what I have read, this species grows in highly exposed rocky cliff around 1200m elevation in the state of Espirito Santo and Minas Gerais, Brazil. There aren't so many info about this species, and mine looks somewhat different from the photos I have found (e.g. SOF and IOSPE ). The co...
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