Laelia x fidelensis Pabst 1967 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Crispae Pfitzer
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Common Name The Saint Fidel's Laelia [A State in Brazil]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in Rio de Janiero state of Brazil as a miniature to small sized, cool to warm growing Brazilian epiphyte that has ovoid, laterally compressed pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong, obtuse leaf with a prominent midvein that blooms in nature in summer on an erect 2 flowered raceme.
This species is a natural hybrid between L dayana and L perrinii.
Synonyms Brasilaelia fidelensis (Pabst) Gutfreund 2006; Cattleya fidelensis (Pabst) Van den Berg 2008; Chironiella × fidelensis (Pabst) Braem 2006; Hadrolaelia fidelensis ( Pabst ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Sophronitis fidelensis (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orquídea (Rio de Janeiro) 29: 11 Pabst 1967
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
: Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 Van den Berg & M.W. Chase 2000 as Sophronitis fidelensis;
Richardiana 2: 17 Chiron & V P Castro 2002 as Hadrolaelia x fidelensis;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 99 Gutfruend 2006 as Brasilaelia x fidelensis;
Richardiana 6: 109 Braem 2006 as Chironella x fidelensis;
Neodiversity 3: 7 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya x fidelensis
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