Laelia rupestris Lindley 1842

Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista

Common Name The Rock Growing Laelia

Flower Size

Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil in rocky trascts near Dianmantina with elongate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong, canaliculate leaf that blooms in the fall on a terminal, erect, short, many flowered inflorescence

This species is often said to be a synonym of L crispata but Campacci and others in Brazil consider it to be distinct.

Synonyms Bletia rupestris (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862; Cattleya rupestris (Lindl.) Van den Berg 2008; Hoffmannseggella rupestris (Lindl.) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Sophronitis mirandae Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2000

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;

* Edwards's Bot. Reg. 28: t. 62 Lindley 1842

Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 431 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia rupestris

Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2: 59 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia rupestris;

Die Orchideen Schlechter 233 1915;

AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958;

Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;

AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 5 1982 photo;

Schlechteriana Vol 2 No 4 1991 photo fide;

Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2: 118 2000 as Sophronitis mirandae

Richardiana 2: 23 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hoffmannseggella rupestris

Neodiversity 3: 11 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya rupestris

AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 1 2017 photo fide;

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