Laelia dayana Rchb. f. 1876 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Hadrolaelia Schlechter Photo by Jean Claude George

Laelia dayana var coerulea Photo by © Lourens Grobler

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Common Name Day's Laelia [English Orchid Enthusiast 1800's]

Flower Size 2" [4.5 cm]

Found in Brazil at elevations of 500 to 2000 meters in the Organ Mountains near Rio on lichen covered trees in forests as a small sized, cool to warm growing epiphyte with cylindrical pseudobulbs enveloped basallly by scarious sheaths carrying a single, fleshy, broad leaf that blooms on a 1 1/4" [3 cm] long, inflorescence with single flowers if given bright light and air circulation occuring in the summer till fall. Mount on a tree fern slab and give bright light and cool to warm temperatures as well as a dry winter rest to ensure blooming

Synonyms Hadrolaelia dayana ( Rchb.f. ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Laelia pumila subsp. dayana (Rchb.f.) Bicalho 1976; Laelia pumila var dayana Burb. ex Dean 1877; Sophronitis dayana (Rchb. f.) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958 as L pumila var dayana; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 42 No 5 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 44 No 3 1980 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 46 No 2 1982 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 4 1984; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis dayana

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Laelia dayana Rchb. f. 1876 var semi-alba Photo by © Eric Hunt and His Orchid Website.

A color version of the previous species

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