Laelia rubescens explained

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

Distribution

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

• 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.

Notes and References

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 . 0361-185X.
2. Web site: Laelia rubescens Lindl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . 2024-02-05 . Plants of the World Online . en.
3. Martínez . Alelí Morales . 2009 . Las orquídeas que se cultivan con mayor frecuencia en Cuba . Revista del Jardín Botánico Nacional . es . 30/31 . 159–167 . 0253-5696.
4. Web site: Laelia rubescens - Species Details . 2024-02-05 . Atlas of Florida Plants.
5. Web site: IOSPE PHOTOS . 2024-02-05 . www.orchidspecies.com.