!Rhyncholaelia glauca [Lindley]Schlechter 1918
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Common Name Glaucous Beaked Laelia
Flower Size to 5" [12 cm]
Found in Veracruz, Oaxaca and Chiapas states of Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras in open mountainous forests at elevations of 700 to 1600 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with short, oblong-fusiform, slightly compressed pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong-elliptic, coriaceous, glaucous, obtuse apically leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, arising on a newly forming pseudobulb, 4" [10 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence with a fragrant, rose, Lily of the Valley and cyclamen scented, long lasting flower subtended by a large tubular sheath.
"This attractive species is easily distinguished from Rhyncholaelia digbyana by its smaller flowers and entire, not long fimbriate lip. The genus Rhyncholaelia is closely related to Guarianthe and perhaps it should be combined with it. The flowers of R. glauca are variable, especially from a horticultural point of view. The size of the flowers shows great variation, as does the amount of tannish suffusion on the sepals. The most sought-after flowers are star-shaped, with spreading segments forming a flat flower, although those with arcuate, floppy petals are more common, and even all the tepals may be reflexed. Rhyncholaelia glauca has been used to produce some popular, small-flowered hybrids in the Cattleya alliance." Hagsater 2008
Mount this species on tree fern with plenty of bright light, warm to cool temperatures and plenty of water, although a drying out is necessary between waterings
Synonyms Bletia glauca [Lindley]Rchb.f 1862; *Brassavola glauca Lindley 1839; Laelia glauca [Lindl.] Bth. 1880
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Lankester's Epidendra Website CR ;
Edwards' Bot. Reg. 25: Misc. 47. Lindley 1839 as Brassavola glauca;
The Orchids of Mexico and Guatemala Bateman 1843 as Brassavola glauca drawing fide;
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 423 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia glauca
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia glauca;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 as Brassavola glauca photo fide;
J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 18: 314 Benth. 1881 as Laelia glauca
* Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 36(2): 477 Schlechter 1918
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as Laelia glauca drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 6 1960 as Brassavola glauca photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 No 10 1960 as Laelia glauca photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 9 1961 as Laelia glauca;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #5 1967 as Brassavola glauca photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #7 1967 as Brassavola glauca photo fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 5 1979;
AOS Bulletin Vol 48 No 7 1979 photo fide;
Orquídea (Mexico City), n.s., 7[3]: 1979;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 1147 Dodson 1984 drawing fide;
An Introdution to the Orchids of Mexico Wiard 1987 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 61 No 9 1992 postage stamp fide;
The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide;
Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 5 Withner 1998 photo fide;
Guatemala Y Sus Orquideas Behar & Tinschert 1998 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 5 1999 photo;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001;
Australian Orchid Review Vol 68 No 1 2003 photo;
Algunas Orquideas de Oaxaca Suarez 2004 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 5 2007 photo fide;
Icones Orchidacearum fascile 10 plate 1075 Hagsater & Soto 2008 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 5 2009 photo fide;
Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #3 2011 photo fide;
Algunas Orquideas De Mexico Tomo 1 Suarez 2012 photo fide;
Guia de Orquideas de Chiapas Carlos Rommel Beutelspacher Baigts 2013 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #2 2016 photo fide;
Orchid Genera and Species in Guatemala Archila, Szlachchetko, Chiron, Lipinska, Mystkowska and Bertolini 2018 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 photo fide;
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