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<P><FONT size=4><STRONG>Cattleya aurantiaca</STRONG></FONT> </P>
<P><STRONG>Synonyms:</STRONG> Epidendrum aurantiacum, Epidendrum aureum </P>
<P><STRONG>Common name:</STRONG> Orange Cattleya </P>
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<P><STRONG>Plant:</STRONG> epiphytic, to 55cm, forming large clumps with fusiform pseudobulbs (to 33cm) and two ovate/oblong-elliptic leaves near the apex. </P>
<P><STRONG>Flowers:</STRONG> inflorescence with few to many orange/orange-yellow 3-4cm flowers, sepals and petals linear-elliptic with a broad ovate lip. Some varieties have an intense orange color approaching the color red. Occasional the flowers have brownish/purplish spotting on the lip. </P>
<P><STRONG>Bloom times:</STRONG> summer and fall </P>
<P><STRONG>Comments:</STRONG> There is a link between the genera Cattleya and Epidendrum. Cattleyas are widely used in hybridizing for the intense orange color. </P>
<P><STRONG>Distribution Range:</STRONG> Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras </P>


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