Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Harpophyllae Withner 1990
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Common Name Sickle-leaf Laelia
Flower Size 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais and Espirito Santo states of Brazil at elevations of 500 to 900 meters in shady humid habitats as a medium sized, warm growing epiphyte with clustered, very thin, terete, almost Brassavola-like pseudobulbs carrying a solitary, large in comparison too the terete stem sickle or sword shaped leaf and blooms in the fall in Brazil on an erect, subtended by a small sheath, terminal, 6" [15 cm] long, clustered at the top, racemose 5 to 8 flowered, inflorescence
This species is easily separated by it's epiphytic habit, it's elongate, slender stems and it's short inflorescence that hardly equals the leaf in length.
This species grows best in warm temperatures not cool with little to no dormancy and less light and more water than other rupicolous Laelia
Synonyms Bletia harpophylla [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1888; Cattleya brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Van den Berg 2008; Cattleya harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg 2008; Dungsia brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Dungsia harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Hoffmannseggella brevicaulis H.G.Jones 1972; Hoffmannseggella harpophylla [Rchb.f] Jones 1970; Laelia brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Withner 1990; Laelia cowanii Rolfe 1900; Laelia geraensis Barb. Rodr. 1876; Laelia harpophylla var. xanthina Pabst 1978; Laelia harpophylla f. xanthina (Pabst) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Sophronitis brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2000; Sophronitis harpophylla (Rchb. f.) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Gard. Chron. 1873: 542 Rchb.f 1873
Rev. Hort. (Paris) 48: 45 Barb Rodr. 1876 as L geraensis;
Orchid Rev. 8: 122 Rolfe 1900 as L cowanii;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo fide; Caldasia 10: 494 H G Jones 1970 sa Hoffmannseggella harpophylla Rhodora 74: 284 H G Jones 1972 as Hoffmannseggella breviculis Orchid Digest No 38 No 2 1974 as L cowanii photo fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Band I Pabst & Dungs 1975 as L cinnabarrina var cowanii drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as L cowanii; Bradea 2: 273 Pabst 1978 as L harpophylla var xanthina; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 photo as L cowanii photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 5 1983 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo as L brevicaulis; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 7 1985 photo fide; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 as Laelia brevicaulis photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis brevicaulis; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2:117 2000 as Sophronitis harpophylla; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 as L brevicaulis; Richardiana 2: 19 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Dungsia brevicaulis Richardiana 2: 20 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Dungsia harpophylla AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 1 2007 as Dungsia harpophylla photo fide; Orchid. Atlas: 180 M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007 as L harpophylla f xanthina; Neodiversity 3:5 Van den berg 2008 as Cattleya brevicaulis; Neodiversity 3:6 Van den berg 2008 as Cattleya harpophylla; Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Dungsia harpophylla drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 supplement 2016 as Cattleya harpophllya f xanthina AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 as Cattleya harpophllya photo fide;
