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Subfamily:
  Epidendroideae
Tribe:
  Epidendreae
Subtribe:
  Laeliinae
Genus: Cattleya:
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Subgenus: Microlaelia:
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Series: Microlaelia
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  • Bolivia, Western South America, Southern America
  • Brazil West-Central, Southern America
  • Brazil Southeast, Southern America
  • Brazil South, Southern America
  • Argentina Northeast, Southern America
  • Argentina Northwest, Southern America
  • Paraguay, Southern America
Found in the dry part of Brazil and Argedntina. Grows on rocks or twisted trunks of semi-deciduous trees. [AOS]
Requires intermediate to warm temperature and intermediate to bright light with good airmovement. Less light for higher temperature. Give it lots of water and high humidity frem Spring to Fall. Less water in winter. Keep larger well established plant dry in winter.
[Francisco Miranda]
  • Bletia lundii Rchb.f. & Warm. (1881)
  • Cattleya lundii f. alba (L.C.Menezes) Van den Berg (2008)
  • Laelia lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Rchb.f. & Warm. (1881)
  • Laelia lundii var. alba L.C.Menezes (1998)
  • Laelia lundii f. alba (L.C.Menezes) M.Wolff & O.Gruss (2007)
  • Laelia regnellii Barb.Rodr. (1882)
  • Laelia reichenbachiana H.Wendl. & Kraenzl. (1892)
  • Microlaelia lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Chiron & V.P.Castro (2002)
  • Microlaelia lundii f. alba (L.C.Menezes) F.Barros & J.A.N.Bat. (2004)
  • Sophronitis lundii (Rchb.f. & Warm.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase (2000)
  • Sophronitis lundii f. alba (L.C.Menezes) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase (2004)