Laelia alaorii Brieger & Bicalho 1976 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Hadrolaelia Schlechter
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Another Clone - More normal in appearance
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Common Name Alaori's Laelia [Brazilian collector of species late 1900's]
Flower Size 1.72" [4.35 cm]
Found in Brazil on mossy branches in primary rainforests at elevations of 200 to 600 meters as a mini-miniature to miniature sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with a creeping, sometimes branching rhizome giving rise to erect to suberect, upwards curving, narrow at the base, fusiform, .4 to 1.2" [1 to 3 cm] between each pseudobulb carrying a single, apical, erect to spreading, leathery, rigid, broadly oblong, obtuse to rounded, sometimes apiculate, glossy dark green to purple, shortly petiolate base leaf that blooms at any time of the year on a short to 1.2" [3 cm] long, erect to suberect, terminal, single flowered inflorescence arising from a newly forming pseudobulb.
Synonyms Cattleya alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg 2008; Cattleya alaorii f. dietliana (O.Gruss) Van den Berg 2008; Hadrolaelia alaorii ( Brieger & Bicalho ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Laelia alaorii f. dietliana O.Gruss 1996; Sophronitis alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasilenses Band 2 Pabst & Dungs 1977 drawing ok; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 4 1983 photo fide; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo/drawing fide; Orchid Digest Vol 56 No 2 1992 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis alaorii; Orchid Australia Vol 12 No 5 2000 photo; Lindleyana Vol 16 No 2 2001 as L alaori f dietliana; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 11 2003 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 74 No 9 2005 photo fide; Mille et Une Mini Orchideees Roguenant 2009 as Sophronitis alaori photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #6 2010 as Cattleya alaorii photo fide; A Compendium of Miniature Orchid Species Parsons & Gerritsen 2013 as Cattleya alaori photos fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #4 2014 as Cattleya alaorii photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 11 2017 as Cattleya alaorii photo fide;
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