Laelia hegeriana (Campacci) in ed
TYPE Drawing of Hoffmannseggella hergeriana
TYPE drawing/ Photos by © Campacci
Common Name Heger's Laelia [Brazilian Orchid Enthusiast and discoverer of species current]
Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]
Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil at elevations around 1000 to 1200 meters as a small sized, cool growing lithophyte with obovate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong, apiculate, coriaceous, decurved leaf that blooms in the summer on an apical, to 14" [35 cm] long overall, rachis to 4.8" [12 cm] long, sequentially few to several flowered inflorescence arising through a linear-truncate, oblique spathe.
Synonyms Cattleya hegeriana (Campacci) Van den Berg 2008; *Hoffmannseggella hegeriana Campacci 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 5: 158 Campacci 2007 as Hoffmannseggella hegeriana drawing/photo fide
Neodiversity 3: 8 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya hergeriana;
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