Cattleya lueddemanniana

Cattleya bassetii A.H.Kent in H.J.Veitch 1887
Cattleya dawsoni Warn. 1862
Cattleya labiata var. dawsonii [Warner] DuBuy. 1878
Cattleya labiata var. lueddmannia (Rchb. f.) Rchb. f. 1883
Cattleya labiata var. roezlii Rchb.f 1882
Cattleya labiata var wilsoniana Rchb.f 1887
Cattleya lueddemanniana f. alba (God.-Leb.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007
Cattleya lueddemanniana var. alba God.-Leb. 1886
Cattleya lueddemanniana var. stanleyi auct. 1901
Cattleya malouana Linden 1885
Cattleya mossiae Hkr. var autumnalis hort. 1887
Cattleya roezlii Rchb. f. 1882
Cattleya speciosissima hort. 1868
Cattleya speciosissima var. buchaniana B.S.Williams & T.Moore 1887
Cattleya speciosissima var lowii Anderson 1868
Cattleya speciosissima var lueddemannia 1882-97
Epidendrum labiatum var lueddemannia [Rchb.f]Rchb.f 1861

lueddemanniana = G. A. Lüddeman (1821-1884, Alsace), head gardener at PESCATORE near Paris

epiphyte found on the northern coastal range in fairly low scrubby hills at altitudes of 0 to 500 meter

This plant was sent under the name of Cattleya maxima to the well known collection of Mr. Pescatore in St. Cloud, near Paris, France. H. G. Reichenbach in his description mentioned that the dry flower had a natural spread of 26 cm.
About 10 years later in England, after C. lueddemanniana was described in France by H. G. Reichenbach, without any taxonomic revue, the same plant was named Cattleya speciosissima Hort in England. This is one of the reasons why still today this species is named in England and especially in Venezuela Cattleya. speciosissima.