Laelia sincorana Schlechter 1917 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Sincoranae Withner 1990
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
TYPE Drawing by © Schlechter
Photo by © Dr L Zappi
Photo by Wilma Braga.
Common Name The Sincora' Laelia [A Mountain Range In Brazil]
Flower Size 2 3/4" [7 to 10 cm]
Found in Bahia state of Brazil in dry, barren, sandstone areas with daily dews on rocky ledges and on the trunks of velloizia bushes at elevations around 1100 to 1500 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing lithophytic or epiphytic species with a subglobose, slightly laterally compressed pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, ovate or elliptic, stiff, fleshy leaf with a rounded or somewhat emarginate apex that blooms in the winter in Brazil and spring in cultivation in the northern hemisphere, on a short to 2.4" [6 cm] inflorescence carrying 1 to 4 flowers arising with a new growth.
This species needs a very dry rest in the winter in cultivation and does best on a cork mount in a bright airy location with cool temperatures.
Synonyms Cattleya grosvenori Ruschi 1969; Cattleya sincorana (Schltr.) Van den Berg 2008; Hadrolaelia sincorana ( Schltr. ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Sophronitis sincorana (Schltr.) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Orchis 11: 72 Schlechter 1917
Bol. Mus. Biol. Prof. Mello-Leitão. Sér. Bot. 23: 1 Ruschi 1969 as Cattleya grosvenorii
Orchid Digest Vol 37 No 2 1973 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977;
Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 5 1978 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 4 1983 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 4 1984 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 49 No 5 1985 as L sincorana car coerulea photo fide;
Orchid Digest 53: 105 Fowlie 1989 as L sincorana var fordyce;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 2 1991 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 2 1999 photo fide;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2: 118 2000 as Sophronitis sincorana;
Richardiana 2: 20 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hadrolaelia sincorana;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 11 2003 photo fide;
Orquideas Da Chapada Diamantina Brito & Cribb 2005;
AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 8 2006 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 76 #2 2007 photo fide;
Neodiversity 3: 11 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya sincorana;
Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 as Sophronitis sincorana photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #6 2010 as Cattleya sincorana photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #12 2011 as Cattleya sincorana photo fide;
A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Parsons & Gerritsen 2013 as Cattleya sincorana photos fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #4 2014 as Cattleya sincorana photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 as Hadrolaelia sincorana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #4 2016 as Cattleya sincorana photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 as Cattleya sincorana photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 Supplement K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya sincorana var delicata;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 Supplement K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya sincorana var fordyce;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 Supplement K A Roberts 2016as Cattleya sincorana var marmorata;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 1 2017 photo fide;
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