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Sophronitis reginae is an orchid species identified by (Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase in 2000. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Cattleya reginae.
ORIGIN: A beautiful, mini-miniature to miniature sized, cold growing plant with clustered, conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, succulent, boat-shaped leaf tinged with purple on the underside from Brazil in Minas Gerais and Belo Horizonte growing on rock ledges at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters.
DESCRIPTION: A beautiful, mini-miniature to miniature sized, cold growing plant with clustered, conical pseudobulbs carrying a single, succulent, boat-shaped leaf tinged with purple on the underside from Brazil in Minas Gerais and Belo Horizonte growing on rock ledges at elevations of 1200 to 2000 meters. Blooms in the late spring and holds their flowers just above the leaves an a 2 [5 cm] long, 2 to 6 flowered inflorescence and is closely related to L. crispata.
FLOWER SIZE: 2/3 to 1 inch [1.5 to 2.5 cm]
-- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the
Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
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