Cattleya alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg

"Cattleya alaorii, commonly known as the Laelia alaorii, is an endemic orchid species endemic to Brazil (Bahia). It was discovered in the 1970s in the mountains near Itabuna, Bahia"

Cattleya alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3(1): 4 (2008).

Cattleya alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg; Photo Dieter Weise

Synonym:

Cattleya alaorii f. dietliana (O.Gruss) Van den Berg

Hadrolaelia alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Chiron & V.P.Castro -

Laelia alaorii Brieger & Bicalho

Laelia alaorii f. dietliana O.Gruss

Sophronitis alaorii (Brieger & Bicalho) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase

Sophronitis alaorii f. dietliana (O.Gruss) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase

Enghlish Name: 

Alaori's Laelia (Brazilian collector of species late 1900's), Alaori's Cattleya.

Description: 

Cattleya alaorii is uncommon due to its very small and specific growing range, and the fact that its habitat is rapidly being cleared for cocoa plantations. Foliage characteristics: Unifoliate. Bloom characteristics: Erect inflorescence is 5-1.2" long with a single, bell-shaped pale pink to white flower which does not open fully. Flower size is 1.72".

Distribution:

Brazil.

Ecological:

Grows on mossy branches in primary tropical forests at altitudes between 250 and 650 m.