''Cattleya tenuis'' (the "slender-stemmed cattleya") is a species of
orchid
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
. It shares the rarely used
common name
In biology, a common name of a taxon or organism (also known as a vernacular name, English name, colloquial name, country name, popular name, or farmer's name) is a name that is based on the normal language of everyday life; and is often contrast ...
of
Easter orchid with ''
C. mossiae'' and ''
C. schroederae''.
Natural hybrids :
* ''
Cattleya × tenuata'' (= ''
C. elongata'' × ''C. tenuis'') (Brazil)
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