Laelia rubescens

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

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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]

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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. ISSN   0361-185X.
  2. 1 2 "Laelia rubescens Lindl. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  3. ↑ Martínez, Alelí Morales (2009). "Las orquídeas que se cultivan con mayor frecuencia en Cuba". Revista del Jardín Botánico Nacional (in Spanish). 30/31: 159–167. ISSN   0253-5696.
  4. ↑ "Laelia rubescens - Species Details". Atlas of Florida Plants. Retrieved 2024-02-05.
  5. ↑ "IOSPE PHOTOS". www.orchidspecies.com. Retrieved 2024-02-05.


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