Laelia jongheana Rchb. f. 1872 SUBGENUS Crispae SECTION 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 ; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 11 1958 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 47 No 7 1978; Orchid Digest vol 42 No 5 1978 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 45 No 1 1981 photo; Orchid Digest Vol 48 No 4 1984; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 2 Withner 1990; Lindleyana Vol 15 No 2 2000 as Sophronitis jongheana; AOS Bulletin Vol 69 No 6 2000 photo; Australian Orchid Review Vol 73 No 5 2008 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 77 No 8 2008
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