Laelia blumenscheinii Pabst 1975 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Parviflorae Lindley
Photo by Dale and Deni Borders
Photo by Eric Hunt, plant grown by Vintage Orchids
What was considered to be L cardimii
Photo by Denis Duveen
Common Name Blumenschein's Laelia [Brazilian Botanist 20th century]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais and Espírito Santo states of Brazil on exposed rock cliff faces at elevations of 1200 meters as a small sized, cool growing lithophyte with a reddish green pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, keeled leaf that blooms in fall on a 6.8" [17 cm] long, erect stalk with 7 to 12 flowers clustered at the apex and held well above the leaves with a group of small flowers.
Synonyms Cattleya blumenscheinii (Pabst) Van den Berg 2008; Hoffmannseggella blumenscheinii (Pabst) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Hoffmannseggella cardimii (Pabst & A.F.Mello) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Laelia cardimii Pabst & A.F.Mello 1978; Sophronitis blumenscheinii (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000; Sophronitis cardimii (Pabst & A.F.Mello) Campacci 2005
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Bradea 1: 487 Pabst 1975;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;
Bradea 2: 226 Pabst & Mello 1978 as L cardimii; Bradea 2: 314 Pabst 1979 as L gracilis;
Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 photo ok;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 as L cardimii photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo ok;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 as L cardimii photo ok;
Lindleyana Vol 15: 116 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis blumenscheinii; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 as L cardaminii spelling; Richardiana 2: 21 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hoffmanseggella blumenscheinii; Richardiana 2: 22 V P Castro & Chiron 2002as Hoffmanseggella cardimii; Bol. CAOB 58: 51 Campacci 2005 as Sophronitis cardimii; Neodiversity 3: 4 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya blumenschienii; Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Hoffmannseggella blumenscheinii drawing/photo fide
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