Laelia ghillanyi Pabst 1973

SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Liliputinae Withner 1990 Photo courtesy of © Lourens Grobler

Yellow Form? Photos courtesy of Patricia Harding

Plant in situ in Mianas Gerais Brazil

Plant in situ Parque Serra Do Cipo' - Minas Gerais Elevation 1400 meters Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Common Name Ghilliany's Laelia [Brazilian Orchid Collector and discoverer of this species s]

Flower Size 1.2" [3 cm]

Found as a rupicolus Laelia growing directly on rocks in small cracks and crevasses as a miniature sized, cool to cold growing lithophyte with small, globose pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, stiff, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acute leaf and blooms in the spring on a terminal, erect, 8 to 10" [20 to 25 cm] long, single flowered inflorescence.

Distinguishing characteristics of this species is the shorter to just barely longer than the leaf inflorescence and the column that is markedly broader at the base and flowers arise in the spring

Synonyms Cattleya ghillanyi (Pabst) Van den Berg 2008; Hoffmannseggella ghillanyi (Pabst) H.G. Jones 1974; Sophronitis ghillanyi (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest No 38 No 2 1974 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 6 1983 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide; Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo ok; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis ghillanyi

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