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Ruby-lipped Cattleya
Ruby-lipped Cattleya
Cattleya labiata
Plantae
RARE

Stats

Lifespan
Perennial
Size
Medium
Diet
Photosynthetic
Biome
Tropical rainforest
Range
South America
Movement
Sessile
Breeding
Seeds
Defense
Camouflage
Status
Rare

About

The Ruby-lipped Cattleya is a legendary Brazilian orchid and the first tropical epiphyte to bloom in Victorian England — its spectacular rose-purple petals frame a flared, deep-crimson lip that inspired generations of orchid hunters. Declared extinct in the wild for nearly 50 years, it was rediscovered in the mountains of Pernambuco in 1889.

Life cycle

  1. 1.
    seed
    A dormant seed waits for water and warmth before germinating.
  2. 2.
    sprout
    A first shoot emerges with cotyledon leaves and a tap root reaching down.
  3. 3.
    sapling
    A young plant grows true leaves and a stem or trunk, putting on height each season.
  4. 4.
    mature
    Fully grown, flowering or fruiting at adult size.

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Taxonomy

Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Cattleya
Species
Cattleya labiata