Laelia endsfeldzii Pabst 1975 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Parviflorae Lindley 1990
Photo by John Denson and the Cattleya Orchid Source Website
Photo by Jay Pfahl
Common Name Endsfeldz's Laelia [Discoverer of species late 1900's]
Flower Size 1 1/4" [3 to 4 cm]
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil at elevations of 900 meters as a small sized, warm growing lithophyte with conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, oblong-lanceolate, furrowed transversely leaf that blooms in the late spring and early summer in nature and winter [January and February] in cultivation with an erect, 16 to 22" [40 to 50 cm] long, longer than the leaf, successively several flowered inflorescence carrying well spaced flowers.
This species requires, potting in a well drained mix to allow drying after each watering, bright light, warm temperatures and a long, dry winter rest with occasional mistings.
Synonyms Cattleya endsfeldzii (Pabst) Van den Berg 2008; Hoffmannseggella endsfeldzii (Pabst) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Sophronitis endsfeldzii (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Bradea 2: 51 Pabst 1975
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978 photo as S cernua var endsfeldzii;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 6 1984 photo fide;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis endsfeldzii;
Richardiana 2: 22 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hoffmannseggella endsfeldzii;
Neodiversity 3: 7 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya endsfeldzii;
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