Cattleya forbesii

Cattleya forbesii, or Forbes' cattleya, is a species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. forbesii has been determined as 2n = 54–60.^[1]

Cattleya forbesii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Cattleya
Subgenus:	Cattleya subg. Intermediae
Species:	C. forbesii
Binomial name
Cattleya forbesii Lindl.
Synonyms
Epidendrum pauper Vell. Maelenia paradoxa Dumort. Cattleya vestalis Hoffmanns. Cattleya fulva Beer Cattleya isopetala Beer Epidendrum forbesii (Lindl.) Rchb.f. Cattleya forbesii var. viridiflora Horta Cattleya pauper (Vell.) Stellfeld