Laelia lobata (Lindl.) H.J. Veitch 1887 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Crispae Pfitzer
Photo by© Lourens Grobler.
TYPE Drawing by Lindley .
Laelia lobata var alba(Lindl.) H.J. Veitch 1887
Photo by Lourens Grobler.
Another Clone - Laelia lobata var. concolor 'Jeni' AM/AOS
Flower Closeup - Laelia lobata var. concolor 'Jeni' AM/AOS
Photos by Dalton Holland Baptista.
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Common Name Lobed Laelia
Flower Size to 5" [to 12.5 cm]
Found in Rio de Janiero and Sao Paulo states of Brazil on rocks high up and exposed to full sun, wind and spray from the ocean on the coast near Rio south to Sao Paulo as a medium to large sized, hot to cool growing lithophytic species with conical to fusiform pseudobulbs carrying a single, lanceolate, coriaceous leaf that blooms in the spring on an erect, arising through a compressed basal spathe, 16" [40 cm] long, racemose, 2 to 5 flowered inflorescence carrying flowers with a pleasing scent.
This species does best when allowed to grow out of it's pot, often being the signal that it will bloom soon.
Synonyms Bletia boothiana [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1862; Bletia lobata [Lindley] Rchb.f 1861; Brasilaelia lobata (Lindl.) Gutfreund 2006; *Cattleya lobata Lindl. 1848; Chironiella lobata (Lindl.) Braem 2006; Hadrolaelia lobata ( Lindl. ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Laelia boothiana Rchb. f. 1853; Laelia grandis var purpurea Rchb.f 1854; Laelia riveri Carr. 1874; Laelia virens Hort. [non-Lindley] 1858; Sophronitis lobata (Lindl.) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Gard. Chron. 1848: 403 Lindley 1848 as Cattleya lobata drawing fide;
Xenia Orchidaceae 1: 218Rchb.f 1854 as L boothiana drawing fide;
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 424 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia lobata;
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia boothiana;
Man. Orchid. Pl. 2: 74 A H Kent 1887;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
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;
AOS Bulletin Vol 57 No 2 1988 photo;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 as L lobata var alba photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 68 #1 1999 photo good;
AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 1 1999 photo as Laelia lobata var. concolor;
AOS Bulletin Vol 68 #9 1999 photo fide;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis lobata;
AOS Bulletin Vol 70 No 3 2001 as L lobata var alba photo fide;
Richardiana 2: 19 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as as Hadrolaelia lobata;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 9 2003 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 9 2003as L lobata var alba photo fide;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 99 Gutfreund 2006 as Brasilaelia lobata;
Richardiana 6: 109 Braem 2006 as Chironella lobata;
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