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04-30-2013, 02:04 PM
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Cattleya flower, color and form names?
The meaning of alba and semi-alba seem reasonably apparent, coerulea also, but I have looked at many photos of flowers described as concolor and I am still not certain what makes a flower concolor. Then there are other terms like tipo, flamea, orlata, punctata, aquinada and a number more. Can someone please describe the meaning of the more common of these names?
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04-30-2013, 02:10 PM
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Concolor means of the same, even, or solid coloring, with little or no pattern showing.
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04-30-2013, 02:58 PM
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alba - all red/purple color is missing
pseudo-alba - most red/purple color is missing
albescens - almost white
albus/albo - white
coerulea - blue
viridis - green
niger/nigrum - black
lutea - yellow
atro/atrum - dark/black
fusco/fuscus - dark
ravus/ravo - gray
flavus/flava - yellow
rubra/rubrum - red
rosea/roseum - rose colored
lilacina - lilac colored
vinicolor - wine colored
sanguinea - blood red
flamea - inflamed - for cattleyas, this means an intensification of color on the ends of the petals.
orlata - edged - refers to a strongly colored edge on the lateral lobes of the lip.
marginata - refers to the outline/margins (sometimes on the petals/sepals, other times on the lip)
striata - striped - for cattleyas, this refers to clearly defined stripes running along the sepals or petals, which appear to be on the surface
punctata - spotted
maculata - spotted
oculata - with eyes - a pair of symetrical spots
venosa - veined - clearly defined veins that appear to be inside the sepals or petals (as opposed to striata)
tipo - typical form
pseudo-tipo - almost normal
discolor - clearly defined separation of color into 2 distinct areas
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05-01-2013, 12:50 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by lambelkip
alba - all red/purple color is missing
pseudo-alba - most red/purple color is missing
albescens - almost white
albus/albo - white
coerulea - blue
viridis - green
niger/nigrum - black
lutea - yellow
atro/atrum - dark/black
fusco/fuscus - dark
ravus/ravo - gray
flavus/flava - yellow
rubra/rubrum - red
rosea/roseum - rose colored
lilacina - lilac colored
vinicolor - wine colored
sanguinea - blood red
flamea - inflamed - for cattleyas, this means an intensification of color on the ends of the petals.
orlata - edged - refers to a strongly colored edge on the lateral lobes of the lip.
marginata - refers to the outline/margins (sometimes on the petals/sepals, other times on the lip)
striata - striped - for cattleyas, this refers to clearly defined stripes running along the sepals or petals, which appear to be on the surface
punctata - spotted
maculata - spotted
oculata - with eyes - a pair of symetrical spots
venosa - veined - clearly defined veins that appear to be inside the sepals or petals (as opposed to striata)
tipo - typical form
pseudo-tipo - almost normal
discolor - clearly defined separation of color into 2 distinct areas
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Excellent explanation! 
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05-01-2013, 03:37 PM
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