Laelia jongheana Rchb. f. 1872 subgen Crispae sec Hadrolaelia Schlechter
Lip Closeup Photo courtesy of 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]
This is a Brazilian, miniature, cool to hot growing epiphytic species with a solitary leaf found in central Minas Gerais at elevations of 1300 to 1600 meters in small patch forests 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 3/4" [14 cm] long raceme with 1 or 2 long-lived flowers. Tree fern mounts are the best way to go with this species as well as warm to cool temperatures, bright to direct light and plenty of water while growing.
Synonyms Bletia jongheana Rchb.f 1872; 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 ;
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