Laelia liliputana Pabst 1973 subgen Parviflorae sec Liliputinae Withner 1990 Photo courtesy of Andy's Orchids Copyright © 2002 All rights reserved.
Another Clone Photo by Sandra Hardy
Plant in situ - Alto do Ouro Branco, Minas Gerais, Brazil 1350 meters
Photo by Jay Pfahl
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Common Name The Dwarf Laelia
Flower Size 4/5" to 1 1/4" [2 to 3 cm]
This miniature, cool to warm growing, lithophytic plant is found in Minass Gerais, Brazil growing under rock ledges, in small cracks and crevasses and under small vellozia bushes and has stiff, erect, tightly clustered, globose or oblong, purple tinged pseudobulbs carrying a single, purple tinged, stiff, ovate, fleshy leaf pseudobulbs that are 1/16" [15mm] tall and a leaf on top that is that tall again or less, and blooms on a 3/8" [1 cm] long sheathed inflorescence with a single flower held well above the plant occuring in the spring and summer.
Synonyms Hoffmannseggella liliputana (Pabst) H.G. Jones 1974; Sophronitis liliputana (Pabst) C. Berg & M.W. Chase 2000
Laelia liliputana Pabst 1973 var albescens
This is a white variety that has not yet been described according to Mr Neto. One of the smallest of the Laeliinae, being less than 2 1/4" [less than 6 cm] tall when it is in full bloom! This epiphytic plant is found in Brazil and has stiff erect pseudobulbs that are 1/16" [15mm] tall and a leaf on top that is that tall again or less, and blooms on a 3/8" [1 cm] long sheathed inflorescence with a single flower held well above the plant.
