Laelia purpurata Lindley and Paxton 1852 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Crispae Pfitzer
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Photo by Patricia Harding
TYPE Drawing by John Lindley
Laelia purpurata var alba "Joao Dias" 1852-3
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Laelia purpurata var carnea Lindley 1852-3
Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Photo by Wilma Braga.
Laelia purpurata var coerula Lindley 1852-3
Photo by © Jay Pfahl
Laelia purpurata var roxo-violeta Lindley 1852-3
Photo by Dalton Holland Baptista
Laelia purpurata var rubra Lindley 1852-3
Photo by Patricia Harding
Laelia purpurata var russelliana (B.S.Williams) B.S.Williams 1887
Photo by Ernest Hetherington
Laelia purpurata var striata Lindley 1852-3
Photo by Dalton Holland Baptista
Laelia purpurata var vagnota Lindley 1852-3
Photo by Patricia Harding.
Laelia purpurata var werkhauseri Lindley 1852-3
Photo by Wilma Braga
Common Name Purple-stained Laelia
Flower Size 6 to 10" [15 to 25 cm]
Found in Santa Catarina state of Brazil in the canopy of wooded hillsides, as a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphyte with clavate pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, oblong-ligulate, leathery, erect, rounded at the apex leaf that blooms in the late spring through fall on a stout, 12 to 15" [30 to 37.5 cm] long, raceme subtended by a large sheath with 3 to 7 long-lasting, showy, fragrant, color variable flowers with an anise scent
N eeds a dryer winter rest and moderate year round light.
Synonyms Amalia purpurea Heynh. 1846; Bletia casperiana Rchb. f. 1862; Bletia purpurata Rchb.f 1861; Bletia purpurata var. aurorea Rchb.f. 1862; Bletia purpurata var. pallida Rchb.f. 1862; Bletia purpurata var. praetexta (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862; Brasilaelia purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Campacci 2006; Cattleya brysiana Lemaire 1852; Cattleya casperiana Rchb.f; Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Rollisson ex Lindl., 1855; Cattleya purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Van den Berg 2008; Chironiella purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) Braem 2006; Hadrolaelia purpurata ( Lindl. & Paxton ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Hadrolaelia purpurata f. virginalis (L.C.Menezes) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004; Laelia casperiana Rchb.f 1859; Laelia purpurata var. blenheimense R.Warner & B.S.Williams 1889; Laelia purpurata var. nelisii Lem. 1868; Laelia purpurata var. praetexta Rchb.f. 1855; Laelia purpurata var. rosea Regel 1872; Laelia purpurata var. russelliana (B.S.Williams) B.S.Williams 1887; Laelia purpurata var. virginalis L.C.Menezes 1995; Laelia russelliana B.S.Williams 1885; Laelia wyattiana Rchb.f 1883; Sophronitis purpurata (Lindl. & Paxton) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Alph. Aufz. Gew.: 29 Heynh 1846 as Amalia purpurata nom. nud.
* Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 111 Lindl. & Paxton 1852 * Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: pl 96 Lindl. & Paxton 1852
TYPE drawing fide Jard. Fleur. 3: t. 275 Lem 1853 as Cattleya brysiana Gard. Chron. 1855: 319 Rollinsoin ex Lindl. 1855 as Cattleya purpurata; Allg. Gartenzeitung 23: 241 Rchb.f 1855 as L purpurata var praetexta;
Bonplandia Rchb.f 1856; Wochenschr. Gärtnerei Pflanzenk. 2: 336 Rchb.f 1859 as L casperiana Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 423 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia purpurata nom. illeg. Ann. Bot. Syst. 6: 423 Rchb.f 1862 Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2: 52 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia casperiana; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2: 52 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia purpurata; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2: 53 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia purpurata var aurorea; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2: 53 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia purpurata var pallida; Xenia Orchidaceae vol 2: 53 Rchb.f 1862 as Bletia purpurata var praetexta; Gartenflora 21: 225 Rregel 1872 as L purpurata var rosea; Ill. Hort. 15: t. 569 Lem 1868 as L purpurata var nelisii; Ill. Hort. 15: t. 569 Lem 1868 as L purpurata var nelisii drawing fide; Orch.-Grow. Man., ed. 6: 366 B S Williams 1885 as L russelliana; Orchid Album 6: t. 269 B S Williams 1887 as L purpurata var russelliana; Orchid Album 6: t. 269 B S Williams 1887 as L purpurata var russelliana drawing fide; Orchid Album 8: t. 346 Warmer & B S Williams 1889 as L purpurata var blenheinmense Orchid Album 8: t. 346 Warmer & B S Williams 1889 as L purpurata var blenheinmense drawing fide Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 6 1958; AOS Bulletin Vol 31 No 11 1962 as L purpurata var carnea photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 32 No 4 1963 as L purpurata var carnea photo; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; AOS Bulletin Vol 39 No 5 1970; Orchid Digest Vol 36 No 6 1972 as L purpurata var werkhauseri 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 as L purpurata var alba ; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as L purpurata var carnea ;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide; Orquideologia Vol 13 No 3 1979 as L purpurata var werkhauseri; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 1 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 # 5 1980 as L purpurata var carnea photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 # 6 1980 as L purpurata var carnea photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 6 1980 as L purpurata var werkhauseri photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 6 1980 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 49 No 6 1980 as L purpurata var coerula photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 51 No 7 1982 as L purpurata var werkhauseri photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 52 No 10 1983 as L purpurata var alba photo fide; AOS Bulletin vol 53 no 10 1984 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 1 1985 as L purpurata var carnea photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 5 1985 as L purpurata var werkhauseri photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 3 1987 as L purpurata var carnea photo fide; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide; Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 3 1991 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 5 1994 photo fide; Orquidário 9: 34 L C Menezes 1995 as L purpurata var virginalis' ; AOS Bulletin Vol 64 #9 1995 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 66 No 3 1997 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 as L purpurata var russelliana photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 as L purpurata var saguinea sic photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 as L purpurata var werkhauseri photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 68 No 4 1999 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 64 #2 2000 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis purpurata; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 6 2000 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 66 #2 2002 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 71 No 3 2002 as L purpurata var werkhauseri photo fide; Richardiana 2: 19 Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002 as Hadrolaelia purpurata; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 as L purpurata var carnea photo fide AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 as L purpurata var rubra photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 as L purpurata var russelliana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 6 2003 as L purpurata var werkhauseri photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 8 2003 photo fide; Orquidologia Sul-Amer.: 103 F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004 as Hadrolaelia purpurata f virginalis; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 2 2004 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 73 No 12 2004 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 5 2006 as Sophronitis purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 5 2006 as L purpurata var carnea photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 75 No 5 2006 as L purpurata var werkhauseri photo; Colet. Orquídeas Brasil. 4(Pré-anexo): 100 Campacci 2006 as Brasilaelia purpurata; Richardiana 6: 109 Braem, 2006 as Chironella purpurata; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 8 2008 photo as Sophronitis purpurata; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 11 2008 photo fide as Cattleya purpurata; AOS Bulletin Vol 78 #3 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin vol 78 No 11 2009 as Sophronitis purpurata photo fide;
Orchid Digest Vol 73 #1 2009 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 73 #2 2009 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #2 2010 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #4 2010 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #12 2010 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 80 #5 2011 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 76 #1 2012 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #3 2014 photo fide;
Orchids of Tropical America an introduction and guide Meisel 2014 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #8 2015 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #9 2015 as Cattleya purpuraa photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #11 2015 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #2 2016 as Cattleya purpurata; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #1 2016 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #5 2016 as Cattleya purpurata drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #6 2016 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #8 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 supplement 9: 57 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya purpurata var blenheimense AOS Bulletin Vol 85 supplement 9: 57 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya purpurata var nelisii; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 supplement 9: 57 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya purpurata var praetexta AOS Bulletin Vol 85 supplement 9: 57 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya purpurata var rosea; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 supplement 9: 58 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya purpurata var russelliana AOS Bulletin Vol 85 supplement 9: 58 K A Roberts 2016 as Cattleya purpurata var virginalis AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #5 2017 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #5 2017 as Cattleya purpurata f striata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #6 2017 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 7 2017 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 # 6 2019 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #7 2019 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 as Cattleya purpurata var carnea photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #11 2019 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #11 2020 as Cattleya purpurata photo fide;
AOS Bulletin Vol 89 #11 2020 as Cattleya purpurata var werkhauseri photo fide;
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