Isabelia pulchella

"Isabelia pulchella (Kraenzl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase is native to Brazil. This miniature epiphytic species is found at moderate heights, in the cold and humid mountainous areas of the south-eastern states of Parana, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul, and some report that it also performs in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Papule." 

Isabelia pulchella (Kraenzl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase, Lindleyana 16(2): 109 (2001): (2001).

Isabelia pulchella (Kraenzl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase, Photo by Tyler Ives

its native range is SE. & S. Brazil.

Latin Name: 

Isabelia pulchella (Kraenzl.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Isabelia pulchella f. alba Nunes ex C.Van den Berg & M.W.Chase

Isabelia pulchella var. alba Nunes

Meiracyllium wettsteinii Porsch

Neolauchea pulchella Kraenzl.

English Name:

The Beautiful Neolauchea

Description: 

With an elongate, creeping, branched rhizome with narrowly ovoid pseudobulbs enveloped basally by fibrous sheaths and carrying a single, apical, coriaceous, narrowly linear, subterete leaf that blooms in the late fall on a terminal, 5 cm long, thread-like, erect to arching, single flowered inflorescence that is held amid the leaves and is best mounted on cork or tree fern and given moderate shade.

Distribution:

Brazil South, Brazil Southeast.

Ecological:

At moderate elevations in cool damp mountains as a miniature sized, cool growing epiphyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the late fall.

Flower size:

2.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Temperature: Intermediate

Light Level: Low-Medium

Plants are grown in cool to intermediate conditions with shade to moderate light. They are usually grown mounted on cork or bark with sphagnum moss. Plants should be watered regularly. Keep the mix moist but not wet. The plant can also take dryouts between waterings. Keep the plant in an area with good air circulation.

Typus:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/1021220-1

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1021220-1

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/04/isabelia-pulchella-care-and-culture.html

http://www.orchidspecies.com/neopulcella.htm

https://www.orchidweb.com/orchids/cattleya-alliance/species/neolauchea-pulchella-isabelia-pulchella

https://orchids.fandom.com/wiki/Isabelia_pulchella