Laelia harpophylla Rchb.f 1873 SUBGENUS Parviflorae SECTION Harpophyllae Withner 1990
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Common Name Sickle-leaf Laelia
Flower Size 2 to 3" [5 to 7.5 cm]
Found in Brazil at elevations of 500 to 900 meters in shady humid habitats as a medium sized warm growing epiphyte with clustered, very thin, terete pseudobulbs carrying a solitary, sickle or sword shaped leaf and blooms in the fall in Brazil and late winter and spring in northern climes on an erect, terminal, 6" [15 cm] long, several flowered, clustered at the top, racemose inflorescence subtended by a small sheath
This species is easily separated by it's epiphytic habit, it's elongate, slender stems and it's short inflorescence that hardly equals the leaf in length as well as blooming in the late winter and spring.
This species grows best in warm temperatures not cool with little to no dormancy and less light and more water than other rupicolous Laelia
Synonyms Bletia harpophylla [Rchb.f] Rchb.f 1888; Cattleya brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Van den Berg 2008; Cattleya harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg 2008; Dungsia brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Dungsia harpophylla (Rchb.f.) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Hoffmannseggella brevicaulis H.G.Jones 1972; Hoffmannseggella harpophylla [Rchb.f] Jones 1970; Laelia brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Withner 1990; Laelia cowanii Rolfe 1900; Laelia geraensis Barb. Rodr. 1876; Laelia harpophylla var. xanthina Pabst 1978; Laelia harpophylla f. xanthina (Pabst) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Sophronitis brevicaulis (H.G.Jones) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2000; Sophronitis harpophylla (Rchb. f.) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965 photo fide; Orchid Digest No 38 No 2 1974 as L cowanii photo fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Band I Pabst & Dungs 1975 as L cinnabarrina var cowanii drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 photo fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as L cowanii; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 3 1981 photo as L cowanii photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 47 No 5 1983 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 1 1984 photo as L brevicaulis; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 7 1985 photo fide; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 54 No 7 1985 photo; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis brevicaulis; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis harpophylla; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 42 - 43 pg 2626 - 2762 Brieger 2001 as L brevicaulis; AOS Bulletin Vol 76 No 1 2007 as Dungsia harpophylla photo fide; Orchidees Du Bresil As Orchideas da Serra Do Castello Vol 3 Chiron & Bolsanello 2013 as Dungsia harpophylla drawing/photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 AS cATTLEYA HARPOPHYLLA photo fide; LANKESTERIANA 20(2): 67–216. Ossenbach & Jenny 2020 as L harpophorum drawing fide;
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