Name: Cattleya intermedia Graham ex Hook. 1828 var. aquinii
Synonyms: Cattleya amabilis, B.S.Williams 1862
Cattleya amethestina, C. Morr. 1848
Cattleya amethystina, C. Morren 1848
Cattleya aquinii, Barb. Rodr. 1891
Cattleya candida, hort.;
Cattleya gibeziae, Linden & Rodigas 1887
Cattleya ianthina, hort. 1853
Cattleya intermedia f. amethystina, (C.Morren) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007
Cattleya intermedia f. parthenia, (Rchb.f.) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004
Cattleya intermedia var. amethystina, (C.Morren ex Lem.) Fowlie 1977
Cattleya intermedia var. angustifolia, Hook. 1839
Cattleya intermedia var. gibeziae, (L.Linden & Rodigas) L.Linden & Rodigas 1887
Cattleya intermedia var. macrochila, Barb.Rodr. 1877
Cattleya intermedia var. pallida, Lindl. 1836
Cattleya intermedia var. parthenia, Rchb.f. 1888
Cattleya intermedia var. punctatissima, Sander 1892
Cattleya intermedia var. variegata, Hkr. 1844
Cattleya intermedium, Rchb.f 1861
Cattleya loddigesii Lindley var amethystina, Lem 1853
Cattleya maritima, Lindley 1836
Cattleya ovata, Lindley 1836
Epidendrum intermedium, Rchb.f 161
Laelia lindleyana, G. Nicholson 1885
Laelia lindleyana, (Rchb. f.) H.J. Veitch 1887
Etymology: intermedia = intermediate, medium-sized
aquinii = Francisco AQUINO, a Brazilian orchid collector, discovered this species at the end of the 20th century on a tree among many typical Cattleya intermedia. Jose Barbosa Rodrigues described it in 1891 as Cattleya aquinii.
Trade name: Cattleya
Origin: Brazil, Uruguay, and Argentina
Habitat: grows epiphytically and lithophytically in the Brazilian states of Sao Paulo, Santa Catarina, and Rio Grande do Sul, as well as in Uruguay and Argentina, in Atlantic coastal forest on exposed rocks and small trees near the sea or streams
Notes: Numerous location variants of Cattleya intermedia exist, differing from the nominal form in both growth habit and flowers.