at right: Laeliocattleya x elegans

 

Laeliocattleya hort. ex Rolfe 1887

Pronounced LAY-lee-oh-cat-LAY-ah

Published in: Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany 24: 168. 1887.
{J. Linn. Soc., Bot. ; BPH 471.16}

A hybrid genus between Laelia and Cattleya. In addition to the innumerable horticultural hybrids (which are not addressed in this website), a number of naturally occuring wild hybrids are found in Brazil and surrounding countries.

Natural hybrids denoted with '†' have images available with the description.

 

x caetense syn. Laelia x caetensis

x elegans †

x lambari

x rigbyana

 

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