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Laelia lueddemannii

 
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Laelia lueddemannii - Lueddeman's Laelia, Lueddeman's Schomburgkia
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Common name: Lueddeman's Laelia, Lueddeman's Schomburgkia
Family: Orchidaceae subfam. Epidendroideae
Synonym: Schomburgkia lueddemannii
Distribution: Costa Rica to NW Venezuela
Habitat: Hot to warm growing; 0-1969ft (0-600m)
Life form: Epiphytic
Bloom characteristics: Inflorescences can reach 3 feet (1 meter) long, and can have many pink and purple flowered. Margins of petals and sepals undulate.
Bloom Time (northern hemisphere): February to May
Description: This large orchid is named after a French orchid gardener of the 1800s, Lueddemann.
Comments: Laelia lueddemannii
Links: Internet Orchid Species Photo Encyclopedia • Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families

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