Laelia flava Lindl. 1839 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Parviflorae Lindley 1990
Photo by Jay Pfahl
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Laelia flava Lindl. 1839 var micrantha
EARLY
Common Name The Yellow Laelia
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in Brazil at elevations of 800 to 1000 meters and is a variable species in flowering time, plant size and shape as well as flower size. It is a warm growing rupicolus lithophyte that appreciates a winter rest from water and fertilizer and has narrowly ovoid pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, elliptic leaf that blooms in the winter to early spring on a racemose, 12 to 20" [30 to 50 cm] long, few to several flowered inflorescence.
Said to be synomonous with L crispata but I have left them apart pending further review. If synomonous then L crispata would take precedence and refer to 2 different color forms yellow and purple .
Synonyms Amalia flava (Lindl. ex Heynh.) Heynh. 1846; Amalia fulva (Lindl.) Heynh. 1846; Bletia flava (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1861; Cattleya flava (Lindl.) Beer 1854; Cattleya lutea Guidon 1858 Hoffmannseggella flava (Lindl.) H.G.Jones. 1970; Laelia flava var. micrantha W.Zimm. 1934; Laelia fulva Lindley ex Heyn. 1846
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Edwards's Bot. Reg. 25(Misc.): 88 Lindley 1839;
Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 29 1846 as Amalia flava;
Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 210 Beer 1854 as Cattleya flava
J. Soc. Centr. Hort. France 4: 250 Guidon 1858 as Cattleya lutea
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 431 W G Walpers 1862 as Bletia flava nom. illeg.
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia flava;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 229 1915
Die Orchideen 230 Schlechter 1915 as L flava var aurantiaca;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 as L flava var micrantha drawing fide;
Biblioth. Bot. 109: 13 W Zimm. 1934 as L flava var micrantha
AOS Bulletin Vol 26 No 2 1957 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958;
AOS Bulletin Vol 29 #9 1960 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 30 No 9 1961 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin VOl 30 #10 1961 as L flava var aurantiaca photo fide;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
Orchid Digest Vol 34 #9 1970 drawing fide;
Caldasia 10: 494 H G Jones 1970 as Hoffmannseggella flava
Orchid Digest No 38 No 2 1974 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 38 no 4 1974 photo fide;
Orchidaceae Brasilienses Band I Pabst & Dungs 1975 as L luicasiana var alba drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo ok;
Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 2 1978 photo fide;
Orchid Digest vol 45 no 3 1981 photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 as L var micrantha photo;
Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 7 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 85: 40 Supplement K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya cripata var micrantha; <
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