Laelia× heitoriana (Campacci) in ed.
TYPE Photo/Drawing by © Campacci
Common Name Heger's Laelia [Brazilian Orchid Enthusiast and discoverer of species 1900's]
Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil at elevations around 1700 to 1800 meters as a natural hybrid between L. ghillanyi and L. itambana as a miniature sized, cool growing lithophyte with ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, elliptic, apiculate, coriaceous, recurved leaf that blooms in the winter on an apical, 1.2 to 2.4" [3 to 6 cm] long overall, rachis to .4" [1 cm] long, simultaneousl 2 flowered inflorescence arising through a linear-truncate, oblique spathe.
Synonyms Cattleya × heitoriana (Campacci) Van den Berg 2010; *Hoffmannseggella × heitoriana Campacci 2007
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 5: 158 Campacci 2007 as Hoffmannseggella hegeriana drawing/photo fide
Neodiversity 5: 15 Van Den Berg 2010 as Cattleya x heitoriana;
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