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Monocotyledons / Monocotiledóneas
Laelia J. Lindley, 1831
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Laelia, abbreviated L. in the horticultural trade,[1] is a small genus of 25 species[2] from the orchid family (Orchidaceae). This is one of the most important and popular orchid genera, because of the beautiful flowers, their genetic properties[clarification needed] and because they are fairly easy in culture. John Lindley did not specify his reasons for naming this orchid as he did;[3] one possibility is that he named it after Laelia, one of the Vestal Virgins.
Laelia species are found in the subtropical or temperate climate of Central America, but mostly in Mexico. Laelia speciosa is a high-elevation plant, preferring sunny, dry and cool conditions. The others grow in the rainforest with a warm, humid summer and a dry cool winter. The species L. albida, L. anceps and L. autumnalis prefer higher and cooler altitudes.
Laelia is one of the orchid genera known to use crassulacean acid metabolism photosynthesis,[4] which reduces evapotranspiration during daylight because carbon dioxide is collected at night.
Most are epiphytes, but a few are lithophytes, such as Laelia anceps. They are closely related to Cattleya, but have twice as many pollinia. Stems are usually short, however the stem of Laelia anceps can be more than 1 m long. The ovate pseudobulbs are clearly separate. These are about 6 – 30 cm long. One or two waxy, leathery leaves develop from each pseudobulb. This leaf can be up to 20 cm long. The inflorescence is a raceme, which can be 30 cm long, with up to eight flowers, growing from the top of the pseudobulb. These flowers can be pink to purple, with a beautifully colored purple lip becoming white close to the column . They bloom in spring or autumn. Albino varieties are rare and therefore prized. Due to high demand for such a rare mutations, many horticultural labs use modern tissue culture or mericloning techniques to increase their availability.
Members of this genus tend to be fairly easy in culture, and some plants are surprisingly drought-tolerant. Culture is highly dependent upon the natural habitat of the species in question, although many do well as mounted (plaqued) specimens so that the roots receive plenty of air circulation and a sharp wet-and-dry cycle.
The Brazilian Laelias, after being classified for several years under Sophronitis,[5] have now been placed in the genus Cattleya.
Species formerly placed in the genus Schomburgkia have been moved either to the genus Laelia or Myrmecophila. [6]
Laelia species readily form hybrids within the genus, and with other genera, including Cattleya, Brassavola, and Rhyncholaelia.
Species[edit]
- Laelia albida Bateman ex Lindl.
- Amalia albida (Bateman ex Lindl.) Heynh.
- Cattleya albida (Bateman ex Lindl.) Beer
- Bletia albida (Bateman ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Laelia candida Lodd. ex W.Baxter
- Laelia discolor A.Rich. & Galeotti
- Laelia anceps Lindl.
- Amalias anceps (Lindl.) Hoffmanns.
- Amalia anceps (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Bletia anceps (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Cattleya anceps (Lindl.) Beer,
- Laelia anceps subsp. anceps
- Bletia anceps var. barkeriana (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Laelia barkeriana Knowles & Westc.
- Laelia anceps f. chilapensis Soto Arenas
- Laelia anceps subsp. dawsonii (J.Anderson) Rolfe
- Laelia anceps var. dawsonii J.Anderson
- Laelia dawsonii (J.Anderson) Crawshay
- Laelia anceps var. schroederiana Rchb.f.
- Laelia anceps var. sanderiana Rchb.f.
- Laelia anceps var. hallydayana O'Brien
- Laelia hallidayana (O'Brien) Crawshay
- Laelia sanderiana (Rchb.f.) Crawshay
- Laelia schroederae Crawshay
- Laelia aurea A.Navarro
- Laelia rubescens var. aurea (A.Navarro) M.Wolff & O.Gruss
- Laelia autumnalis (Lex.) Lindl.
- Amalia autumnalis (Lex.) Heynh.
- Bletia autumnalis Lex.
- Cattleya autumnalis (Lex.) Beer
- Laelia autumnalis var. atrorubens Bachb.f.
- Laelia autumnalis var. venusta
- Laelia autumnalis var. xanthotrophis Rchb.f.
- Laelia autumnalis var. alba B.S.Williams
- Laelia venusta Rolfe
- Laelia autumnalis f. atrorubens (Backh.f.) Halb.
- Laelia autumnalis f. xanthotrophis (Rchb.f.) Halb. & Soto Arenas
- Laelia crawshayana Rchb.f.,
- Laelia crawshayana var. leucoptera Rchb.f.
- Laelia leucoptera (Rchb.f.) Rolfe
- Laelia bancalarii R.González & Hágsater
- Laelia eyermaniana Rchb.f.
- Laelia furfuracea Lindl.
- Amalia furfuracea (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Cattleya furfuracea (Lindl.) Beer.
- Bletia furfuracea (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Laelia gloriosa (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams
- Schomburgkia gloriosa Rchb.f.
- Bletia gloriosa (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f
- Epidendrum fimbriatum Vell.
- Schomburgkia crispa Lindl.
- Bletia crispina (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Bletia wallisii Rchb.f.
- Schomburgkia fimbriata Hoehne
- Schomburgkia crispa var. alba L.C.Menezes
- Laelia gouldiana Rchb.f.
- Laelia heidii (Carnevali) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase
- Schomburgkia heidii Carnevali
- Laelia lueddemanii (Prill.) L.O.Williams
- Schomburgkia lueddemanii Prill.
- Schomburgkia lueddemanii var. costaricana (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
- Laelia lyonsii (Lindl.) L.O.Williams
- Schomburgkia lyonsii Lindl.
- Bletia lyonsii (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Schomburgkia carinata Griseb.
- Schomburgkia lyonsii var. immaculata H.G.Jones.
- Laelia marginata (Lindl.) L.O.Williams
- Schomburgkia marginata Lindl.
- Cattleya marginata (Lindl.) Beer.
- Cattleya crispa (Lindl.) Beer (1854) nom. illeg.[7]
- Bletia marginata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Laelia moyobambae (Schltr.) C.Schweinf.
- Schomburgkia moyobambae' Schltr
- Laelia rosea (Linden ex Lindl.) C.Schweinf.
- Schomburgkia rosea Linden ex Lindl.
- Bletia rosea (Linden ex Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Laelia rubescens Lindl.
- 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.
- Cattleya acuminata (Lindl.) Beer
- Cattleya peduncularis (Lindl.) Beer
- Laelia violacea Rchb.f.
- Bletia acuminata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Bletia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Bletia violacea (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
- Laelia inconspicua H.G.Jones
- Laelia rubescens f. peduncularis (Lindl.) Halb.
- Laelia speciosa (Kunth) Schltr.
- Bletia speciosa Kunth
- Bletia grandiflora Lex.
- Laelia grandiflora (Lex.) Lindl.
- Cattleya grahamii Lindl.
- Laelia majalis Lindl.
- Amalia grandiflora (Lex.) Heynh.
- Amalia majalis (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Cattleya majalis (Lindl.) Beer
- Laelia splendida (Schltr.) L.O.Williams
- Schomburgkia splendida Schltr.
- Laelia superbiens Lindl.
- Amalia superbiens (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Cattleya superbiens (Lindl.) Beer
- Bletia superbiens (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Schomburgkia superbiens (Lindl.) Rolfe
- Laelia undulata (Lindl.) L.O.Williams
- Schomburgkia undulata Lindl.
- Bletia undulata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Schomburgkia violacea Paxton
- Cattleya undulata Beer
- Laelia weberbaueriana (Kraenzl.) C.Schweinf.
- Schomburgkia weberbaueriana Kraenzl.
Synonymy[edit]
The genus Amalia Rchb. is generally included here.
References[edit]
- ^ "Alphabetical list of standard abbreviations of all generic names occurring in current use in orchid hybrid registration as at 31st December 2007". Royal Horticultural Society.
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
- ^ John Lindley (1830–1840). The genera and species of orchidaceous plants. Ridgways; available from Biodiversity Heritage Library. p. 115.
- ^ Gilberto Barbante Kerbauy, Cassia Ayumi Takahashi, Alejandra Matiz Lopez, Aline Tiemi Matsumura, Leonardo Hamachi, Lucas Macedo Félix, Paula Natália Pereira, Luciano Freschi and Helenice Mercier (2012). "Crassulacean Acid Metabolism in Epiphytic Orchids: Current Knowledge, Future Perspectives". Applied Photosynthesis, Dr Mohammad Najafpour (Ed.), ISBN 978-953-510-061-4.
- ^ C. van den Berg and M. W. Chase (2000). "Nomenclatural notes on Laeliinae – I.". Lindleyana 15 (2): 115–119.
- ^ http://www.aos.org/Default.aspx?id=171 AOS article "Farewell Schomburgkia"
- ^ "World Checklist of Selected Plant Families".
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Laelia is a genus of tussock moths in the Erebidae family.
Species[edit]
- Laelia actuosa Hering, 1926
- Laelia acuta (Snellen, 1881)
- Laelia adalia Swinhoe, 1900
- Laelia aegra Hering, 1926
- Laelia amabilis Aurivillius, 1879
- Laelia amaura Hering, 1926
- Laelia amaurotera Collenette, 1932
- Laelia anamesa Collenette, 1934
- Laelia andricela Collenette, 1936
- Laelia atestacea Hampson, [1893] (repl.)
- Laelia aureus Janse, 1915
- Laelia barsineides (Holland, 1893)
- Laelia basibrunnea (Holland, 1893)
- Laelia bethuneana Strand, 1914
- Laelia bifascia Hampson, 1905
- Laelia bilati Dufrane, 1940
- Laelia bonaberiensis (Strand, 1915)
- Laelia buana (Moore, 1859)
- Laelia buruana (Holland, 1900)
- Laelia calamaria Hampson, 1900
- Laelia cardinalis Hampson, [1893]
- Laelia clarki Janse, 1915
- Laelia coenosa (Hübner, [1808])
- Laelia colon (Hampson, 1891)
- Laelia conioptera Collenette, 1936
- Laelia dabano Collenette, 1934
- Laelia devestita (Walker, 1865)
- Laelia dochmia Collenette, 1961
- Laelia eos Hering, 1926
- Laelia erythrobaphes Collenette, 1934
- Laelia eutricha Collenette, 1931
- Laelia exclamationis (Kollar, 1848)
- Laelia extrema Hering, 1926
- Laelia farinosa Röber, 1925
- Laelia fasciata (Moore, [1883])
- Laelia figlina Distant, 1899
- Laelia flandria Collenette, 1937
- Laelia fracta Schaus & Clemens, 1893
- Laelia furva Turner, 1931
- Laelia gigantea Butler, 1885
- Laelia gwelila (Swinhoe, 1903)
- Laelia haematica Hampson, 1905
- Laelia heringi Schultze, 1934
- Laelia heterogyna Hampson, [1893]
- Laelia hodopoea Collenette, 1955
- Laelia hypoleucis Holland, 1893
- Laelia janeschi Hering, 1926
- Laelia japonibia Strand, 1911
- Laelia juvenis (Walker, 1855)
- Laelia lavia Swinhoe, 1903
- Laelia leucolepis Mabille, 1897
- Laelia lignicolor Holland, 1893
- Laelia lilacina Moore, 1884
- Laelia litura (Walker, 1855)
- Laelia lophietes Collenette, 1932
- Laelia lutulenta Collenette, 1960
- Laelia marginepunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908
- Laelia mesoxantha Hering, 1926
- Laelia monoscola Collenette, 1934
- Laelia municipalis Distant, 1897
- Laelia nebrodes Collenette, 1947
- Laelia nigripulverea Janse, 1915
- Laelia obsoleta (Fabricius, 1793)
- Laelia ocellata Holland, 1893
- Laelia ochripalpis Strand, 1914
- Laelia omissa (Holland, 1893)
- Laelia ordinata (Karsch, 1895)
- Laelia orthra Collenette, 1936
- Laelia paetula (Hering, 1926)
- Laelia pallida Moore, 1884
- Laelia pantana Collenette, 1938
- Laelia perbrunnea Hampson, 1910
- Laelia phaeobalia Collenette, 1932
- Laelia phillipinensis Collenette, 1934
- Laelia polia Collenette, 1936
- Laelia prolata Swinhoe, 1892
- Laelia punctulata (Butler, 1875)
- Laelia pyrrhothrix Collenette, 1938
- Laelia rhodea Collenette, 1947
- Laelia rivularis Hampson, 1910
- Laelia robusta Janse, 1915
- Laelia rogersi Bethune-Baker, 1913
- Laelia rosea Schaus & Clements, 1893
- Laelia rufolavia Hering, 1928
- Laelia siga Hering, 1926
- Laelia somalica Collenette, 1931
- Laelia stigmatica (Holland, 1893)
- Laelia straminea Hampson, 1910
- Laelia striata Wileman, 1910
- Laelia subrosea (Walker, 1855)
- Laelia subviridis Janse, 1915
- Laelia suffusa (Walker, 1855)
- Laelia swinnyi Janse, 1915
- Laelia testacea (Moore, 1879) (replaced)
- Laelia turneri Collenette, 1934
- Laelia umbrina (Moore, 1888)
- Laelia unicoloris van Eecke, 1928
- Laelia uniformis Hampson, 1891
- Laelia venosa Moore, 1877
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