• Venezuela, Northern South America, Southern America
• Colombia, Southern America

A native species from Venezuela and Colombia tat is located growing as an epiphyte and lithophyte in tropical forests. Also known as the Christmas Orchid because it starts blooming from Autumn - Winter. Its aroma I find it to be spicy sweet. [Victor M. Resto Garcia]

Cattleya percivaliana O'Brien 1883, is a species native to a small area in Venezuela, in the mountains that surrounds the depression of Carora, in Trujillo state. It was listed also in Mérida and Lara. It grows as an altitude (1400-2100 mts) litophyte or epiphyte, near water courses and this way it has humidity all year round even the plants are exposed in full sun in the dry season.
Is called in its native Venezuela ' flor del libertador', in honour of Simón Bolívar that loved this particularly orchid. In northern countries where is cultivated indoor the plant is called Christmas Cattleya due to its flowering time mostly this season. It has a peculiar, but nice fragrance, a somehow oily cinnamon biscuit scent that can be also similar with the smell of some wild bugs.
[Ovidiu Raducu]

• Cattleya labiata var. percivaliana Rchb.f. (1882)
• Cattleya percivaliana var. alba R.Warner & B.S.Williams (1884)
• Cattleya percivaliana f. alba (R.Warner & B.S.Williams) M.Wolff & O.Gruss (2007)
• Cattleya percivaliana f. bicolor (Rolfe) M.Wolff & O.Gruss (2007)
• Cattleya percivaliana var. bicolor Rolfe (1896)
• Cattleya percivaliana var. grandiflora Cogn. & A.Gooss. (1903)

Brassocattleya Karin Lomer	Cattleya percivaliana × Brassavola nodosa
Brassocattleya Jackie's Jungle (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Brassocattleya Morning Glory
Cattleya Summer Sweetheart	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya aclandiae
Cattleya Ron Kaufmann	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya alaorii
Cattleya Armin Thurner	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Areca
Cattleya Eva's Fábula Traviesa	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya aurea (syn)
Cattleya Bill Tierney	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Cassandra
Cattleya Gordon Emry	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Christ Merkel
Cattleya Percibarina	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya cinnabarina
Cattleya Summit Circle	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Circle of Life
Cattleya Boltonii	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya coccinea
Cattleya Ernestii	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya crispata
Cattleya Emily Scher	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya dormaniana
Cattleya Summit View	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Drumbeat
Cattleya Deception	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Estelle
Cattleya Christmas Carol	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Florida
Cattleya Eva's Regresión Hechizada	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Gertrude Hausermann
Cattleya Althaea	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Gratrixiae (1901)
Cattleya Gene's Dream (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Gravesiana
Cattleya Percy King	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya guttata
Cattleya Buri Buri	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Haidee
Cattleya Adelina	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya harpophylla
Cattleya Schuylkill	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Hilary
Cattleya Oliveri	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Intermedio-flava
Cattleya David Sander	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya jenmanii
Cattleya Sunset (1906)	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya jongheana
Cattleya Polly Grezaffi	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Kevin Green
Cattleya Valdore	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Lindores
Cattleya Pixie	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Marriottiana (2/1896)
Cattleya Poloto	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Mini Collins
Cattleya Christmas Bouquet (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Mini Purple
Cattleya Perky	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Nellie Roberts
Cattleya Perigrella	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Nigrella
Cattleya Carlos Relvas	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Ormesby
Cattleya Homere	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya perrinii
Cattleya Sheila	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya pumila
Cattleya Electra	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya purpurata
Cattleya Percivenus	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya R. Prowe
Cattleya Forum	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Remy Chollet
Cattleya Sergio Ostetto	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Rubens Ribeiro
Cattleya Kaumolii	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Santa Monica
Cattleya Evadne	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya schilleriana
Cattleya Percivoederae	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya schroederae
Cattleya Eugene Vickery	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya sincorana
Cattleya Silver Queen	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Snow Queen
Cattleya percivaliana-Stephen Oliver Fouraker (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Stephen Oliver Fouraker
Cattleya Heyst	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Suzanne Hye
Cattleya Pauline Portilla	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya tenebrosa
Cattleya Araguaya	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Thorange
Cattleya Aptos	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Thurgoodiana
Cattleya Cassadaga	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Tityus
Cattleya Adela (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya trianae
Cattleya Attila	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Veriflora
Cattleya Suzuki's Sunset	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Waianae Sunset
Cattleya Thüringen (6)	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya walkeriana
Cattleya Puffin	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya Walter Slagle
Cattleya Mrs. W. R. Coe	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya warscewiczii
Cattleya Mem. John Lager	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattleya wittigiana
Cattlianthe Ondina Bodnant	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattlianthe Ariel
Cattlianthe Brianna Lauren	Cattleya percivaliana × Cattlianthe Little Susie
Catyclia Agnes Williams (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Encyclia tampensis
Cattlianthe Mem. Carlos Velasquez (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Guarianthe skinneri
Laeliocattleya Caligula (9)	Cattleya percivaliana × Laelia anceps
Laeliocattleya Margaret Ackerley	Cattleya percivaliana × Laelia rosea
Laeliocattleya Cynda Scott (2)	Cattleya percivaliana × Laelia rubescens
Laeliocattleya Toy Baby	Cattleya percivaliana × Laelia superbiens
Rhyncattleanthe Clara Helena Kienzle	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncattleanthe Mèrimée
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Perci-Bambino	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Bambino
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Perciclops	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Cyclops
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Eva's Cálida Fría	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Eva's Love Song
Rhyncholaeliocattleya percivaliana-Marie Fire Dance (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Marie Fire Dance
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Summit Bay	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Norman's Bay
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Marjorie Trustham	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Queen of the Belgians
Rhyncholaeliocattleya RIO's Pink Heart	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Ruben's Verde
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Aurora's White Sky (1)	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Turandot
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Lone Wolf	Cattleya percivaliana × Rhyncholaeliocattleya Wendell Hoshino
Brassocattleya Estrela Otoñal FCA	Brassavola perrinii (syn) × Cattleya percivaliana
Brassocattleya Mem. Helen Farnsworth	Brassavola subulifolia × Cattleya percivaliana
Brassocattleya Bravura	Brassocattleya Edna × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Fred's Purple Angel	Cattleya Angelwalker × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya April Glow	Cattleya Anzac (1918) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Ayr	Cattleya Ariel × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Ethel Abell	Cattleya Atherton × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Nobile's Wedding	Cattleya Bangkok Beauty × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Dandee Tease	Cattleya Beaufort × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Percibel	Cattleya Bella × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Crates	Cattleya bicolor × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Serre	Cattleya Bletchleyensis × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Ivan Verboonen	Cattleya Bob Betts × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Gypsy Queen	Cattleya Bonanza (Bracey) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Hazel	Cattleya Brenda × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Viking	Cattleya Callistoglossa × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Lillian M. Stevens	Cattleya Carmencita × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Gatton Gold	Cattleya Charlesworthii × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Perciclive	Cattleya Clive × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Lucia Fernandez	Cattleya Cruella × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Eva Baldwin	Cattleya Dominiana (1899) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Leda (1)	Cattleya dowiana × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Jucunda	Cattleya Edwardii × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Venus (1897)	Cattleya Elegans (1879) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Caroline	Cattleya Enid (1898) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Fragrant Harbor	Cattleya Excellency × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Brongniartii	Cattleya Fabia (1894) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Oh Hock Neo (19)	Cattleya forbesii × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Fátima Barani	Cattleya Francis T. C. Au × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Aero	Cattleya G. G. Whitelegge × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Zora	Cattleya gaskelliana × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Midas	Cattleya Golden Glory × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Delia	Cattleya gottoiana (syn) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Pletzii	Cattleya granulosa × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Peach Delight (1)	Cattleya Helen Veliz × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Warren G. Harding	Cattleya Heloisiae × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Mark Rose (1)	Cattleya Horace × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Brunoyensis	Cattleya intermedia × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Nebo	Cattleya Intertexta × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Mary Xmas	Cattleya Ishtar × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Johann Strauss	Cattleya Jacquinetta × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Peak Season	Cattleya José Dias Castro × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Cat Canyon	Cattleya Kittiwake × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Lord Derby (2)	Cattleya labiata × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Sedenii	Cattleya lawrenceana × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Gladys Soysa	Cattleya Locarno × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Cyril	Cattleya loddigesii × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Love Pulse	Cattleya Love Fresh × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Paulina Eunice Parra	Cattleya Lucille Small × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Percilued (2)	Cattleya lueddemanniana × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Guillaume Hoylen	Cattleya Luegeae × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Thea	Cattleya Luminosa (syn) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Oleta Nichols	Cattleya lundii × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Thalia	Cattleya Maggie Raphael × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Rita	Cattleya Marriottiana (1902) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Percimax (2)	Cattleya maxima × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Winter Joy	Cattleya Melody Fair × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Mem. Ben Brewer	Cattleya Mem. Walter Armacost × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Irma Hottinger	Cattleya Mermoz × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Clotilde	Cattleya Monarch × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Peregrine (6)	Cattleya mossiae × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Manteo	Cattleya Mount Royal × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya San Martino	Cattleya Nella × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya White Lady	Cattleya O'Brieniana × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Adria	Cattleya Octave Doin × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Hermine	Cattleya Palatine × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Nebula	Cattleya Pallas × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Pencival	Cattleya Penny Kuroda (syn) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Psychedelic Virgin	Cattleya Psyche × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Knightii	Cattleya quadricolor × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Akaba	Cattleya Schroderae × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Eva's Poesía Sin Fin	Cattleya Semontiana × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Elegant Vision	Cattleya Sonia Altenburg × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Terrie Tucker	Cattleya Titrianae × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Wahiawa	Cattleya Tridou × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Charm (1917)	Cattleya Undine × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Louise Shealy	Cattleya Valentine (1900) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Marcela Aguiñaga	Cattleya violacea × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Perci-Warner	Cattleya warneri × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattleya Perciwells	Cattleya Wellsiana (1894) × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattlianthe Pirika Thunder	Cattlianthe Candy Tuft × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattlianthe Chocolate Percy	Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattlianthe Rosa Rubí	Cattlianthe Helene Garcia × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattlianthe Take Sohma	Cattlianthe Portia × Cattleya percivaliana
Cattlianthe Orchidkraft's German Memory	Guarianthe bowringiana × Cattleya percivaliana
Guaricattonia Lori D. Boehm (1)	Guaricattonia Sogo Doll × Cattleya percivaliana
Laeliocattleya Graf's Pink Tiger (1)	Laelia lyonsii × Cattleya percivaliana
Laeliocattleya Joyce Berry (1)	Laeliocattleya Caligula × Cattleya percivaliana
Myrmecocattleya Mem. Eugenio Rivera	Myrmecophila brysiana × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncattleanthe Amanda's Blue	Rhyncattleanthe Grezaffi's Blue × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Joyce Jewell (8)	Rhyncholaelia digbyana × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Vesta	Rhyncholaelia glauca × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Pelican	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Canari × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Goldthroat	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Digbyano-mossiae × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Mariliana	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Digbyano-Warneri × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Christmas Dream	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Dream Trader × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Calipha	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Ilene × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Bill's Stoplight	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Ilha Do Pico × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Priscilla	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Impératrice de Russie × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Eva's Atardecer Pastel	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Love Me Tender × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Madame Marie Ruffier	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Madame Charles Maron × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Chambord	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Marinella × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Holiday Eye Candy (4)	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Mem. Susan Hawkins × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Crapouillet	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Mrs. J. Leemann × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Newberry Holiday Joy (3)	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Oconee × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Beautiful Lady Pat	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Tampico × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Mem. Jim Diehl	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Temple Bells × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Chassaingiana	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Thorntonii × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya General Leclerc	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Veronique × Cattleya percivaliana
Rhyncholaeliocattleya Suwanna (1)	Rhyncholaeliocattleya William Gee × Cattleya percivaliana