Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg

"Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg occurs in Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay, where it grows both epiphytic and lithophyte on rocky slopes or trees often so close to the sea or in lowland trees at sea level

Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 5(1): 13 (2010).

Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg, Photo by 蘇清記

Latinh Name: 

Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Cattleya cernua var. alagoensis (Gomes Ferreira) K.A.Roberts

Cattleya cernua var. albiflora (Cogn.) K.A.Roberts

Cattleya cernua var. endsfeldzii (Pabst) K.A.Roberts

Cattleya pterocarpa Beer

Epidendrum humile Vell.

Sophronia cernua Lindl.

Sophronia modesta Lindl.

Sophronia pterocarpa (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze

Sophronitis cernua var. alagoensis Gomes Ferreira

Sophronitis cernua var. albiflora Cogn.

Sophronitis cernua var. endsfeldzii Pabst

Sophronitis hoffmannseggii Rchb.f. ex Hoffmanns.

Sophronitis isopetala Hoffmanns.

Sophronitis nutans Hoffmanns.

Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindl. & Paxton

English Name:

The Nodding Sophronitis.

Description: 

It has densely clustered, subcylindric or ovoid pseudobulb with 2 or 3 basal nodes and carrying a single, apical, thickly coriaceosu, broadly ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse or minutely apiculate leaf that blooms on a terminal, erect, 2 to 5 cm long, few 4 to 10 flowered inflorescence with nodding flowers occuring in the spring. Mount this species on cork and give hot to warm temperatures, bright light, high humidity, and year round water with less in cooler weather. .

Distribution:

Argentina Northeast, Brazil Northeast, Brazil South, Brazil Southeast, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay.

Ecological:

A miniature sized and grows epiphytically and occasionally lithophytically as a warm growing orchid.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the spring.

Flower size:

2.6 cm.

Cultivation:

Although Cattleya Cernua enjoys sunlight and is able to tolerate heat, Bloomify recommends that giving your orchid partial shade during summer time to avoid sunburn. On the other side, it is less tolerate to cold weather, so please keep your plant above 50 ºF in winter..

Type:

Nov 1, 2012 Gardner [665] K000583993 Unknown type material