Laelia grandis Lindl. & Paxton 1850-1 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Crispae Pfitzer
Photo by © Lourens Grobler
Photo by Patricia Harding
TYPE Drawing by John Lindley
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Common Name Grand Laelia
Flower Size 4 to 5" [10 to 12.5 cm]
Found in Bahia state of Brazil on tall trees in full sun from lower elevations around the bay of Bahia as a medium to large sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with clavate-fusiform, compressed, narrowing towards the base pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong-lanceolate, rigid, obtuse leaf that blooms in the spring and summer in cultivation and fall in the wild on an erect, arising through a compressed spathe, 12 to 15" [30 to 37.5 cm] long, 2 to 5 flowered raceme with a few, fragrant or not, short-lived flowers .
Synonyms Bletia grandis Rchb.f 1861; Brasilaelia grandis (Lindl. & Paxton) Gutfreund 2006; Cattleya grandis (Lindl.) A.A.Chadwick 2006; Chironiella grandis (Lindl.) Braem 2006; Hadrolaelia grandis ( Lindl. & Paxton ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Paxton's Fl. Gard. 1: 60 Lindley 1850 drawing fide
Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 424 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia grandis
Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia grandis;
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958;
AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 9 1958 drawing ok;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
AOS Bulletin Vol 35 No 10 1966 as L grandis var platysepala 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;
Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide;
The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide;
Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis grandis;
Richardiana 2: 19 V P Castro & Chiron 2002 as Hadrolaelia grandis;
Richardiana 6: 109 Braem 2006 as Chironella grandis;
Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 99 Gutfruend 2006 as Brasilaelia grandis
Classic Cattleyas: 151 A A Chadwick 2006 as Cattleya grandis;
AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 3 2008;
Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Hadrolaelia grandis drawing/photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 7 2017 as Cattleya grandis photo fide;
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