Laelia sanguiloba Withner 1990 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Parviflorae Lindley 1990
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by Oliver Lenhard
Common Name Red-lobed Laelia
Flower Size .5" [1.3 cm]
Found in Bahia state of Brazil without exact locality as a small sized, cool growing epiphyte with somewhat stout, flushed with red pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, flushed with red, tough, leathery, roughened surface, oblong leaf that blooms in the winter an a terminal, erect, 15.2" [38 cm] long, to 12 flowered inflorescence arising through a sheath and holding the flowers above the leaves
Synonyms Cattleya sanguiloba (Withner) Van den Berg 2008; Hoffmannseggella sanguiloba (Withner) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Sophronitis sanguiloba (Withner) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo ok;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2: 118 2000 as Sophronitis sanguiniloba;
Richardiana 2: 23 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hoffmannseggella sanguiniloba;
AOS Bulletin Vol 10 2008 as Sophronitis sanguiloba photo fide;
Neodiversity 3: 11 Van den Berg 2008 as Cattleya sanguiniloba;
AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #12 2011 as Cattleya sanguiniloba photo fide;
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