Laelia itambana Pabst 1973 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Esalqueanae Withner 1990 Photo courtesy of David Jubineau and His Bulbophyllum Pages Copyright ©

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Common Name The Pico de Itambana [Mountain in Minas Gerais Brazil]

Flower Size 1.4 to 1.6" [3.5 to 4 cm]

Found in Minas Gerais Brazil as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing lithophyte at elevations of 2000 to 2300 meters with narrowly cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying ovate, somewhat folded, fleshy leaves and blooms in the late spring and early summer on a 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] long, racemose inflorescence arising through a sheath and carrying 2 erect flowers

Synonyms Hoffmannseggella itambana (Pabst) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Sophronitis itambana (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990; Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 4 1991 photoLindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis itambana