Schomburgkia heidii Carnevali 1982
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Drawing by © K Winkiewicz
Common Name Heidi's Schomburgkia [Sra Pivat original discoverer of species]
Flower Size 2" [5 cm]
Found in southeastern Colombia and southern Venezuela as a natural hybrid between S rosea and S undulata as a hot growing lithophyte that blooms in the winter on a terminal, erect, several flowered inflorescence.
Synonyms Laelia heidii (Carnevali) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2004
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Ernstia 10: 2 Carnevali 1982
Cattleyas and their relatives Vol 3 Withner 1990 Drawing good
Kew Bull. 59: 565 Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2004 as Laelia heidii
Materials to the Orchid Flora of Colombia Vol IV: 494 Szlatchetko & Kolanowska 2023 drawing fide;
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