Laelia rubescens
Species of orchid
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Laelia rubescens is a species of orchid native to Mexico and Central America.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Orchidaceae |
| Subfamily: | Epidendroideae |
| Genus: | Laelia |
| Species: | L. rubescens |
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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
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- 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]
