Cattleya mendelii is a plant in the genus Cattleya.
Plant bloom in the spring with four to five flowers. Flowers are fragrant and 17.5 to 20 cm wide.
Plant is found growing on rocky cliffs of Eastern Cordillera of the Colombian Andes at 700 to 1000 meters in elevation.
Plants should be grown in medium fir bark with partial to full sun. Cattleya mendelii is a cool to warm growing orchid species. Water approximately once a week. Plant can also be mounted.
|Cattleya mendelii 'Starbeck'||Sepals and Petals are white, lip is purple with a light yellow center|
|Cattleya mendelii variant||Sepals and Petals are white, lip is purple with a yellow center|
Common Name: Mendel's Cattleya
- Cattleya bluntii H.Low 1876
- Cattleya cupidon hort. 1894
- Cattleya labiata var. bella Rchb.f 1882
- Cattleya labiata var. mendelii Sanders 1886
- Cattleya mendelii var. morganae (R.Warner & L.O.Williams) Braem 1986