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Orchid Species: Sophronitis brevipedunculata

Kew currently accepted name is Cattleya brevipedunculata

Sophronitis brevipedunculata is an orchid species identified by (Cogn.) Fowlie in 1972. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Cattleya brevipedunculata.
Genus
Sophronitis (S.)
Grex
brevipedunculata
(traditional Sander nomenclature)
Parents
Species
Author
(Cogn.) Fowlie
Year
1972
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ORIGIN: This is a Brazilian epiphytic, or lithophytic, cool growing, miniature orchid from Minas Gerais State and is found on vellozia trees or in humus pockets on the rocks below them in drier cool winter mountain habitats in scrub and cacti at elevations of 1220 to 2000 meters where their water comes mainly from the cloud cap on the high mountains at night and condensation.

DESCRIPTION: Epiphytic, or lithophytic, cool growing, miniature orchid with sulcate, globose to cylindrical pseudobulbs that are arranged in two ranks along the rhizome and carry a single, apical, erect, stiff, leathery, leaf that blooms in the late winter and spring in Brazil on a terminal, short to.4 [1 cm] long, solitary to 3 flowered inflorescence.

FLOWER SIZE: 1 1/2 to 3+ inches [4 to 7.5 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Cattleya C brevipedunculata 2008 (Cogn.) Van den Berg
Add+ Hadrolaelia Hdl brevipedunculata 2002 (Cogn.) Chiron & V.P.Castro
Most awarded/recent cultivars: C. brevipedunculata 'Dalles' (4 awards from 2011 to 2013) S. brevipedunculata 'Lauren' (3 awards from 1994 to 2006) C. brevipedunculata 'Alfons' (2 awards in 2016) C. brevipedunculata 'Wasen' (2 awards from 2011 to 2012) S. brevipedunculata 'Aloha' (2 awards in 2001) C. brevipedunculata 'Paixão' (2017) C. brevipedunculata 'Kyodai Sake' (2015) C. brevipedunculata 'Ruby' (2015) C. brevipedunculata 'Hitomebore' (2015) C. brevipedunculata 'Wössen' (2014) C. brevipedunculata 'Mörfelden' (2012) C. brevipedunculata 'Nevada City' (2011) C. brevipedunculata 'Mörfelden-AWZ' (2011) S. brevipedunculata 'Topsy' (2006) S. brevipedunculata 'Sheila's Joy' (2001) S. brevipedunculata 'Kathleen' (1998) S. brevipedunculata 'Islander's Gold' (1993) S. brevipedunculata 'Leny' (1990) S. brevipedunculata 'Montessina' (1990) S. brevipedunculata 'Marie Ann' (1989)
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