| Author: | John
Lindley, 1831 |
| Family: |
ORCHIDACEAE |
| Origin: |
Central +
Southern Mexico |
| Soil: |
No,
Epiphyte |
| Water:
|
Maximum |
| Sun: |
Medium |
| Thickness: |
3
Centimetres |
| Height: |
40 (90) Centimetres |
| Flower:
|
Pink |
| Propagate: |
Seeds/Pseudobulbs |
| Names:
|
- |
| Synonyms: |
Bletia
autumnalis, La Llave & Lex. 1825.
Cattleya autumnalis,
Beer, 1854.
Amalia autumnalis, Heynh.
Laelia autumnalis f. alba, M.Wolff & O.Gruss.
Laelia autumnalis var. alba, B.S.Williams.
Laelia autumnalis var. atrorubens, Backh.f..
Laelia autumnalis f. atrorubens, Halb.
Laelia autumnalis var. xanthotrophis, Rchb.f.
Laelia autumnalis f. xanthotrophis, Halb. & Soto Arenas.
Laelia venusta, Rolfe. |
This member of the Orchidaceae family was
given this name by John Lindley in 1831. It is found in the heights
(1600-2600m) of central and southern Mexico, growing as an epiphyte
on branches or in moss on rocks with lots water and some sun. The pseudobulbs
grow to three centimetres in diameter, the leaves reaches 40
centimetres and the inflorescence with the pink flowers can reach 90
centimetres.
The genera name for the Roman
statesman Caius Laelius. The species name as it flowers in the
autumn.
SubFamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae I
SubTribe: Laeliinae |
