Schomburgkia sawyeri Withner 1993 SUBGENUS Chaunoschomburgkia Photo by © Eric Hunt and his Flicker Orchid Photostream

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Common Name Sawyer's Schomburgkia [American Orchid Enthusiast 1900's]

Flower Size

Found in the mountains on the Pacific coast of Mexico in the states of Guerrero and Morelos at elevations of 1500 meters with a pseudobulb carrying 1 to 2, apical leaves where it blooms in the summer on a terminal, 5' 2" [1.5 meter]long, 3 to 20 flowered, racemose inflorescence.

I have studied the drawing of Laelia sawyeri and I am convinced that it represents a separate species or possibly a hybrid between S superbiens and M galletiotiana. If it is a separate species then it needs to be renamed Myrmecophila sawyeri to be correct within my franework.

Synonyms Laelia sawyeri L.O.Williams 1943

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orquideologia Vol 12 3/4 1977/8; Cattleya and Their Relatives Vol 3 Withner 1990 photo fide

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