''Cattleya tigrina'' is a bifoliate species of '' Cattleya''

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number of ''C. tigrina'' has been determined as 2''n'' = 40.page 251 of L. P. Felix and M. Guerra: "Variation in chromosome number and the basic number of subfamily Epidendroideae (Orchidaceae)" ''Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society'' 163(2010)234—278. The Linnean Society of London. Downloaded October 2010 from http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1095-8339.2010.01059.x/abstract

Hybrids

Cattleya × elegans ''Cattleya'' × ''elegans'' is a hybrid orchid in the subtribe Laeliinae. It is a pseudobulb epiphyte. Its formula hybridae is '' Cattleya purpurata'' (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg (2008) × '' Cattleya tigrina'' A.Rich. (1848). It is found i ...

'' is a hybrid orchid with a formula hybridae ''

Cattleya purpurata ''Cattleya purpurata'', known in the past as ''Laelia purpurata'' and ''Sophronitis purpurata'', is native to Brazil where it is very popular among orchid growers. It is an epiphyte that is found in the canopy of tall trees near coastal areas, in ...

'' (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg (2008) × ''Cattleya tigrina'' A.Rich. (1848). It is found in South and South-East Brazil.

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* * tigrina tigrina Plants described in 1848 {{Laeliinae-stub