Cattleya harrisoniana explained

Cattleya harrisoniana ("Harrison's Cattley's orchid") is a bifoliate Cattleya species of orchid. The diploid chromosome number of C. harrisoniana has been determined as 2n = 40. The haploid chromosome number of C. harrisoniana has been determined as n = 20.[1]

References

A comparison between C. harrisoniana and C. loddigesiihttps://web.archive.org/web/20110714101505/http://mirandaorchids.com/loddigesiiVGA.htm

Notes and References

  1. 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