Laelia rubescens is a species of orchid native to Mexico and Central America.[1]

Laelia rubescens
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Genus: Laelia
Species:
L. rubescens
Binomial name
Laelia rubescens
Synonyms

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Distribution edit

Laelia rubescens is native to the Central American countries Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and much of Southern/Central Mexico.[2] It also occurs in the wild in Florida and Cuba as an escapee from cultivation, having been intentionally introduced as an ornamental plant.[3][4] Laelia rubescens grows in seasonally dry, deciduous forests as an epiphyte and occasionally as a lithophyte at elevations below 1700 meters.[5]

Synonyms edit

  • Amalia rubescens (Lindl.) Heynh.
  • Cattleya rubescens (Lindl.) Beer
  • Bletia rubescens (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Laelia acuminata Lindl.
  • Laelia peduncularis Lindl.
  • Amalia acuminata (Lindl.) Heynh.
  • Amalia peduncularis (Lindl.) Heynh.
  • Laelia pubescens Lem.
  • Laelia violacea Rchb.f.
  • Cattleya acuminata (Lindl.) Beer
  • Cattleya peduncularis (Lindl.) Beer
  • Bletia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Bletia violacea (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
  • Bletia acuminata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
  • Laelia inconspicua H.G. Jones
  • Laelia rubescens f. peduncularis (Lindl.) Halb.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ Trapnell, Dorset W.; Hamrick, J.L. (2006). "Variety of Phorophyte Species Colonized by the Neotropical Epiphyte, Laelia rubescens (Orchidaceae)". Selbyana. 27 (1): 60–64. ISSN 0361-185X.
  2. ^ a b "Laelia rubescens Lindl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  3. ^ Martínez, Alelí Morales (2009). "Las orquídeas que se cultivan con mayor frecuencia en Cuba". Revista del Jardín Botánico Nacional (in Spanish). 30/31: 159–167. ISSN 0253-5696.
  4. ^ "Laelia rubescens - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  5. ^ "IOSPE PHOTOS". www.orchidspecies.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.