Laelia jongheana Rchb. f. 1872 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION Hadrolaelia Schlechter
Photo by Dale Borders.
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Common Name The Jonghe Laelia [Belgian Orchid Nursery 1800's]
Flower Size 4 to 6" [7 to 16 cm]
Found in central Minas Gerais state of Brazil in small patch forests at elevations of 1300 to 1600 meters as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphytic species with ovoid to ellipsoid, dark green, sulcate pseudobulbs subtended by a white, apressed sheath and carrying a single, apical, very leathery, oblong-ellptic, obtuse or emarginate leaf that blooms in the late winter till spring on a 5.6" [14 cm] long racemose, 1 or 2 flowered inflorescence.
Tree fern mounts are the best way to go with this species as well as cool temperatures, bright to direct light and plenty of water while growing.
Synonyms Bletia jongheana Rchb.f 1872; Cattleya jongheana (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg 2008; Hadrolaelia jongheana ( Rchb.f. ) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002; Sophronitis jongheana (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; Iconografia de Orchidaceae Do Brasil Hoehne 1949 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958 photo fide; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Pabst & Dungs Band I 1975 drawing fide; Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978; Orchid Digest vol 42 No 5 1978 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 1 1981 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 4 1984 as L jongheana var alba photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 55 No 3 1986 photo fide; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990 photo fide; Orchids Travel By Air A Pictoral Safari Mulder, Mulder-Roelfsema and Schuiteman 1990 photo fide; The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species Bechtel, Cribb & Launert 1992 drawing/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #1 1997 as L jongheana var alba photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 61 #3 1997 photo fide; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis jongheana; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 6 2000 photo fide; Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 5 2008 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 8 2008; Orchid Digest Vol 74 #1 2010 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 79 #6 2010 as Laelia jongheana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 81 #3 2012 photo fide; Orchideen Series C Band 74 Thiv & Worz 2012 as Cattleya jongheanaphoto fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 83 #4 2014 as Cattleya jongheana photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 79 #4 2015 as Hadrolaelia jongheana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #10 2015 as Cattleya jongheanaphoto fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 85 #7 2016 as Cattleya jonheana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 #5 2017 as Cattleya jongheana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 86 # 7 2017 as Cattleya jongheana photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 83 #1 2019 as Cattleya jongheana photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #8 2019 as Cattleya jongheana photo fide;
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