Laelia caulescens Lindl.1841 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Rupestres Withner 1990
Flowers in situ, Morro Do Chappel Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil elevation 600 meters
Photos by Jay Pfahl
Drawing by Guido Pabst
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Common Name or Meaning The Caulescent Laelia
Flower Size 1.5" [3.75 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil on exposed rocks and sand among dwarf vellozia bushes on open hillsides at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters as a miniature to small sized, warm to cool growing rupicolous lithophyte with short pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, leathery, concave leaf and blooms in the fall and winter on a 6 to 14" long, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence with the well spaced flowers held towards the apex.
Synonyms Bletia caulescens (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862; Bletia crispilabia Rchb.f 1863; Cattleya caulescens (Lindl.) Van den Berg 2008; Hadrolaelia mantiqueirae (Fowlie) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Hoffmannseggella caulescens (Lindl.) H.G. Jones 1970; Hoffmannseggella crispilabia (A. Rich. ex Warner) H.G. Jones 1972; Laelia cinnabarina var crispilabia [A. Rich.]Veitch 1887; Laelia crispilabia Auct non A. Rich; Laelia lawrenceana Hort. 1863; Laelia mantiqueirae Pabst 1974; Sophronitis caulescens (Lindl.) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Edwards's Bot. Reg. 27: t. 1 Lindley 1841;
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 431 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia caulescens
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2:59 Rchb.f 1863 as Bletia caulescens;
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2:61 Rchb.f 1863 as Bletia crispilabia;
Select Orchid. Pl. 2: t. 6 A Rich Ex Warner 1865 as L crispilabia;
Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 63 A H Kent 1887 as Laelia cinnabarina var. crispilabia
Fl. Bras. 3(5): 276 Cogniaux 1901 as L crispilabia
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 as L crispilabia drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958 as L crispilabia;
Caldasia 10: 493 H G Jones 1970 as Hoffmannseggella caulescens;
Bradea 1: 266 H.G.Jones 1972 as Hoffmannseggella crispilabia;
Orchid Digest No 38 No 2 1974 as L crispilabia photo fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as L mantiqueirae drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 5 1983 as L mantiqueirae photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 6 1983 as L mantiqueirae photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 as L crispilabia drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 as syn to L flava;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 as L mantiqueirae photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 6 1984 as L crispilabia drawing ok;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 6 1984 as L mantiqueirae photo fide;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo ok;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 as L crispilabia photo ok;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 as L mantiqueirae photo fide;
Kew Bull. 50: 424 Pabst ex Zappi 1995 as L mantiqueirae
Lindleyana Vol 15: 116 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis caulescens;
Neodiversity 3: 5 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya caulescens;
Neodiversity 3: 5 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya caulescens f. fantinellii
Orchids of Tropical America an introduction and guide Meisel 2014 as Cattleya caulescens photo fide;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 12: 486 Rosim & Locatelli 2016 as Hoffmannseggella caulescens f. fantinellii
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