Laelia kautskyi Pabst 1970SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Harpophyllae Withner 1990
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Common Name Kautsky's Laelia [Original discoverer of the species late 1900's]
Flower Size 1.8" [4.5 cm]
Found in Espirito Santos state of Brazil in shady forests at elevations of 600 to 1000 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing lithophyte among grasses with oboclaviform, elongate pseudobulbs carrying 1 to rarely 2, coriaceous, elliptic-elongate, straight, green leaves that blooms in the winter arising through a linear, truncate, apically oblique spathe on a terminal, 16" [40 cm] long, successively to 12 flowered inflorescence with flowers that open towards the base first and have 6 flowers open at any one time.
This species requires a warm to cool environment with partial shade and regular spring and summer waterings and less in the winter.
Synonyms Cattleya neokautskyi Van den Berg 2008; Dungsia kautskyi (Pabst) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Hoffmannseggella kautskyi (Pabst) H.G. Jones 1972; Laelia kautskyi Pabst 1970; Laelia kautskyana Pabst 1974; Sophronitis kautskyi (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orchid Rev. 78: 321 Pabst 1970;
Rhodora 74: 285 H G Jones 1972 as Hoffmannseggella kautskyl
Bradea 1: 472 1974 as L kautskyana nom. illeg.
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 as L kautskyi drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990;
The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 under L flava;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis kauskyana;
Richardiana 2: 19 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Dungsia kautskyi;
Icones Orchidacearum Brasilienses II Plate 156 Castro 2006 as Hoffmannseggella kautskyana;
AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 1 2007 as Dungsia kautskyi photo fide;
Neodiversity 3: 10 Ven den Berg 2008 as Cattleya neokautskyi
Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 as Sophronitis kautskyi photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Hoffmanseggella kautskyi drawing/photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Dungsia kautskyi drawing/photo fide
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