Laelia tenebrosa [Rolfe]Rolfe 1893 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Crispae Pfitzer
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Common Name The Dark Laelia
Flower Size 6.5" [16.25 cm]
Found in Bahia and Espirito Santo states of Brazil as a medium sized, hot to cool growing species with a clavate pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect, oblong-ovate to ligulate, leathery, rounded apically leaf that blooms from in the spring on a 12" [30 cm] long, racemose inflorescence arising through a large, basal sheath and carrying 3 to 4, fragrant, spicy scented, short-lived, color variable flowers.
Synonyms Brasilaelia tenebrosa (Rolfe) Campacci 2006; Cattleya tenebrosa (Rolfe) A.A.Chadwick 2006; Chironiella tenebrosa (Rolfe) Braem 2006; Hadrolaelia tenebrosa ( Rolfe ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; *Laelia grandis var. tenebrosa Rolfe 1891; Laelia tenebrosa var. pittiana O'Brien 1894; Sophronitis tenebrosa (Rolfe) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References <W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Garden (London, 1871-1927) 1891: 36 Rolfe 1891 as L grandis var tenebrosa;
* Orchid Rev. 1: 146 Rolfe 1893;
Orchid Rev. 1: 200 Rolfe 1893 as L tenebrosa var marfield;
Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 16: 7 O'Brien 1894 as L tenebrosa var pittiana;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 1 1962 photo fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 36 #11 1967 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 5 1972 photo fide;
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 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 2 1978 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 9 1983 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 no 6 1984 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 2 1985 photo fide;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 64 #9 1995 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 3 1997 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 64 #2 2000 photo fide;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2: 118 2000 as Sophronitis tenebrosa;
Richardiana 2: 20 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hoffmannseggella as Hadrolaelia tenebrosa;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 12 2003 photo/drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 12 2004 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 6 2006 photo fide;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 100 Campacci 2006 as Brasilaelia tenebrosa;
Richardiana 6: 109 Braem 2006 as Chironella tenebrosa;
Classic Cattleyas: 157 A A Chadwick 2006 as Cattleya tenebrosa
Orchid Digest Vol 71 No 1 2007 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 8 2009 photo fide;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Hadrolaelia tenebrosa drawing/photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #10 2015 as Cattleya tenebrosaphoto fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016 as Cattleya tenebrosa;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 as Cattleya tenebrosa photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 Supplement [10]: 58 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya tenebrosa var marlfield
AOS Bulletin Vol 85 Supplement [10]: 58 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya tenebrosa var pittiana;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 as Cattleya tenebrosa photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 7 2017 as Cattleya tenebrosa photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 as Cattleya tenebrosa photo fide;
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