Laelia × elegans (C.Morren) Rchb.f. 1845
Drawings by McFarland
Common NameThe Elegant Laelia
Flower Size
Found in Brazil as a natural hybrid between L purpurata and C tigrina
Synonyms Bletia × elegans (C.Morren) Rchb.f. 1862; Bletia × elegans var. houtteana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1862; × Brasicattleya elegans (C.Morren) Campacci 2006; Cattleya × devonia Anon. 1863; Cattleya × devoniana G.Nicholson 1884; Cattleya × devoniensis Veitch 1864; Cattleya × devoniensis var. alba 1864; *Cattleya × elegans C.Morren 1848; × Hadrocattleya elegans (C.Morren) V.P.Castro & Chiron 2002; × Hadrocattleya elegans f. leucotata (L.Linden) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. 2004; Laelia × brysiana Lem. 1856; Laelia × devoniensis (Veitch) Rchb.f. 1877; Laelia × elegans var. alba Barb.Rodr. 1877; Laelia × elegans var. andersonii W.Bull 1874; Laelia × elegans var. blenheimensis B.S.Williams 1891; Laelia × elegans var. dayi B.S.Williams 1862; Laelia × elegans var. gigantea (R.Warner) A.H.Kent 1887; Laelia × elegans var. houtteana Rchb.f. 1860; Laelia × elegans var. incantans Rchb.f. 1887; Laelia × elegans var. morreniana Rchb.f. 1888; Laelia × elegans var. picta Rchb.f. 1884; Laelia × elegans var. schilleriana A.H.Kent 1887; Laelia × elegans var. tautziana Rchb.f. 1888; Laelia × elegans var. turneri (R.Warner) A.H.Kent 1887; Laelia × elegans var. warneri B.S.Williams 1862; Laelia × gigantea R.Warner 1862; Laelia × pachystele Rchb.f. 1888; Laelia purpurata var. brysiana (Lem.) F.Buyss. 1878; Laelia × turneri R.Warner 1862; × Laeliocattleya elegans (C.Morren) Rolfe 1889; × Laeliocattleya elegans var. leucotata L.Linden 1893; × Laeliocattleya pachystele (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. 1888; × Laeliocattleya sayana L.Linden 1894; × Laeliocattleya schulziana L.Linden 1895; × Sophrocattleya elegans (C.Morren) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase 2001
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Digest Vol 55 No 3 1991 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 84 #11 2015 photo fide;
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