Laelia angereri Pabst 1975 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Parviflorae Lindley
Photo by © Lourens Grobler.
Photo by Reginaldo Baiao.
TYPE Photo/TYPE Drawing and Comparison photos
Photos/drawing by Guido Pabst.
EARLY
Common Name Angerer's Laelia [Brazilian Orchid Collector 20th cen]
Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]
Found in the northeast of Minas Gerais state of Brazil under bushes at elevations of 1000 to 1300 meters as a medium to large sized, cool growing lithophyte with a short rhizome giving rise to elongate, cylindrical, slightly thickened basally pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, lanceolate leaf that blooms in the winter and early spring on an erect, 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] long, racemose inflorescence with up to 10 flowers.
They have hot summers and cool winter nights which are typically dry, but there is daily dew in the winter so light misting through the winter is required. Pot with a rocky base media such as solite or aliflor and add a little crushed tree fern, then grow in a cool environment with indirect bright light.
Synonyms Cattleya angereri (Pabst) Van den Berg 2008; Hoffmannseggella angereri (Pabst) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Sophronitis angereri (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orchid Digest 39: 153 Pabst 1975;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 drawing fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 1 1985 photo fide;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis angereri;
Richardiana 2: 21 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hoffmannseggella angereri ;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilienses II Plate 149 Castro 2006 as Hoffmannseggella angereri drawing/photo ok; Neodiversity 3: 4 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya angereri;
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