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Cattleya trianae

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Cattleya trianae.

"Flower Size 8" [20 cm]

The Colombian National Flower, is a large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte occuring in all 3 cordillera of Colombia with narrowly clavate, grooved, shiney yellow orange pseudobulbs carring a single, apical, oblong to elliptic-oblong, rounded and notched apically leaf that blooms in the winter on a terminal, to 12" [30 cm] long, few to several [3 to 14] flowered inflorescence subtended by a basal sheath that has large, fragrant, color variable flowers and is a large cool to hot growing epiphyte."

From: [link]

Place: José Celestino Mutis Botanical Garden of Bogotá, Colombia
Camera: Panasonic Lumix DMC-LZ2

Author's Note: The flower looks a little "down", because in Bogota most of Cattleyas have a hard time with the cold weather.
Image size
1280x960px 532.62 KB
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-LZ5
Shutter Speed
10/2500 second
Aperture
F/2.9
Focal Length
7 mm
ISO Speed
80
Date Taken
Jul 3, 2009, 2:13:14 AM
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