Laelia duveenii Fowlie 1988
SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Liliputinae Withner 1990
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Common Name Duveen's Laelia
Flower Size
Found in Minas Gerais state of Brazil as a miniature sized, cool growing rupicolous orchid with cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, erect, fleshy, red stained leaf and blooms in the late fall and early winteron an erect, 1.6 to 2.8" [4 to 7 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence carrying pleasingly scented flowers.
Synonyms Cattleya duveenii (Fowlie) Van den Berg 2008; Cattleya vandenbergii Fraga & Borges 2008; Hoffmannseggella duveenii (Fowlie) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; Sophronitis duveenii (Fowlie) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2000;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
*Orchid Digest 52: 180 Fowlie 1988
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 57 No 2 1993 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 photo fide;
Lindleyana 15: 116 Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2000 as Sophronitis duveenii;
Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001;
Richardiana 2: 22 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hadrolaelia diveenii;
Neodiversity 3(2): 21 Frega & Borges 2008 as Cattleya vandenbergii;
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