Cattleya sanguiloba

Red-lobed Sophronitis
Sophronitis sanguiloba habitus and flowers
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
Subtribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Cattleya
Subgenus: C. subg. Parviflorae
Section: C. sect. Parviflorae
Species: C. sanguiloba
Binomial name
Cattleya sanguiloba
(Withner) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase
Synonyms
  • Laelia sanguiloba Withner (basionym)
  • Hoffmannseggella sanguiloba (Withner) V.P.Castro & Chiron

Cattleya sanguiloba (the "bloody-lipped Cattleya), commonly known as the Laelia sanguiloba.

It is a species of orchid endemic to the state Bahia located in southeastern Brazil.

It is native to the Atlantic Forest biome (Mata Atlantica Brasileira) habitats there.

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