cattleyan.
/ˈkatlɪə/, U.S. /ˈkætliə/, /kætˈleɪə/, /kætˈliə/ Botany.
An epiphytal plant belonging to the orchidaceous genus Cattleya, native to Central America and Brazil, bearing handsome violet, rose-coloured, or yellow flowers.
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mayflower1894
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moederkappie1910
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1828 Bot. Reg. 14 1172 Curled-petaled Cattleya.
1838 Paxton's Mag. Bot. 5 6 Cattleyas thrive best in a degree of heat below that required for the major part of orchidæous plants.
1846 Chambers's Jrnl. 31 Oct. 282/2 Several of the superb tribe, the Cattleyas,..were in full beauty.
1864 L. H. Grindon Brit. & Garden Bot. 668 Cattleyas, in their finest species, have prodigious blossoms of two or more shades of deep rich lilac and purple.
1927 Times (Weekly ed.) 2 June 603/1 An absolutely clear yellow cattleya.
1938 S. Beckett Murphy iv. 50 Neary arrived with a superb bunch of cattleyas.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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