Laelia munchowiana F.E.L.Miranda 1999
Photos by © Marcos Campacci
and EARLY
Common Name Munchow's Laelia
Flower Size 1" [2.5 cm]
Found in Espirito Santo state of Brazil at elevations around 1100 to 1300 meters as a mini-miniature sized, cool growing rupicolous lithophyte with cylindrical shaped, reddish pseudobulbs carrying a single, reddish tinged leaf that blooms in the winter in Brazil on a terminal, erect becoming arcuate, much longer than the leaf, to 12" [to 30 cm] long, few to several flowered inflorescence holding the flowers towards the apex,
Synonyms Cattleya munchowiana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg 2008; Hoffmannseggella munchowiana (F.E.L.Miranda) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Sophronitis munchowiana (F.E.L.Miranda) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Bradea 8: 126 F E L Miranda 1999
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis munchowiana ;
Richardiana 2: 23 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hoffmannseggella munchowiana
Neodiversity 3: 10 Van den berg 2008 as Cattleya munchowiana
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