Cattleya briegeri

"Cattleya briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg is native to Brazil. This species is found in the Diamantina region in the state of Minas Gerais at altitudes of 980-1400 m above sea level. These plants grow on sandstones, and their roots are protected by mosses, lichens and other low vegetation"

Cattleya briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 3(1): 5 (2008).

Cattleya briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg, Photo by Javii Martín Marín

its native range is Brazil (Minas Gerais).

Latin Name: 

Cattleya briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Hoffmannseggella briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) V.P.Castro & Chiron

Laelia briegeri Blumensch. ex Pabst

Sophronitis briegeri (Blumensch. ex Pabst) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase

English Name:

Brieger's Laelia (German-Brazilian Orchid Collector 1900's).

Description: 

With small, cylindrical pseudobulbs carrying a single, apical, stiff, coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, acute leaf and blooms in the later spring on a terminal, erect, 20 to 25 cm long, single flowered inflorescence that is much longer than the leaf.

Distribution:

Brazil Southeast.

Ecological:

At elevations around 1370 m as a miniature to small sized, cool growing, rupicolus Laelia growing directly on rocks in small cracks and crevasses.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the later spring.

Flower size:

5.0 cm.

Cultivation:

Cattleyas usually tolerate intermediate to warm conditions and can be grown in medium size fir bark. Plant prefers drying periods between watering and bright light is recommended. Lengthen drying period a bit in the winter.

Type Information:

Reference: 

theplantlist.org

https://www.ipni.org/n/60448076-2

http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60448076-2

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

https://travaldo.blogspot.com/2018/01/cattleya-briegeri-care-and-culture.html

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