Flasks of Laelia purpurata 'Halcyon' × '#2'

Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plants: Temperature range I (60-83°F)

For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

Temperatures we attempt to use in the lab & greenhouse:

For Species:		Spring, Summer, Autumn: days average 86°F, nights 66°F; best fit is warm-intermediate 87-64°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)
For Species:		Winter: days average 67°F, nights 50°F; best fit is Cool 70-52°F (Source: Baker's Web OSC)

About the name...

Etymology of	Laelia	One of the vestal virgins, Laelia. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of	purpurata	From Latin "purpureus" purple. (Source: Brown 1956)
Pronunciation of	Laelia	LAY-lee-ah (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of	purpurata	pur-pur-AH-ta (Source: Hawkes 1978)

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Flask Information
Availability:	We have sold all of the flasks for this item.
You should:	Consider getting individual plants or compots instead of a flask. You can place a "Notify Flask Recipients" Request, and either we or a flask recipient may contact you when plants are available. You may also place a "Notify Retries" Request, and if an identical pollination (the same parents) is done again, we'll let you know. You may reserve a flask, but it's very unlikely you'll get one ...this could only happen if we found a flask that we didn't know we had.
Yield Estimate:	470 plants (based on flask surveys done 02/19/2004 through 02/09/2005) Yield estimates are only approximate, but may appear to be fairly exact numbers because they are a combination of large rough estimates in remaining mother flasks and more accurate small estimates in reflasks.
Plantlet Sizes:	From many flasks 20 - 50 mm plants (based on flask surveys done 07/08/2005 through 09/06/2005) From one most recently surveyed flask 30 - 50 mm (09/06/2005)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
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ORIGIN/HABITAT: Brazil. Plants were originally found on the narrow, swampy, coastal plain, but the habitat is now known to extend from just east of Santos southward through the states of São Paulo, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul to the region south of Porto Alegre. Within this coastal zone, plants are uncommon in the swamp forest, but they are more plentiful in the heavy forest along small creeks, usually below 600 ft. (180 m). The habitat extends some 750 miles (470 km), but it is seldom more than a few miles wide. Laelia purpurata was originally common throughout much of this range. Early visitors to the region reported that plants were so plentiful that they even grew in the sand along the beach. Because of excessive collecting and habitat destruction, however, plants in the wild are now found only in very tall trees in remote, hard-to-reach areas. Miranda (1990) reports that in Rio Grande do Sul plants grow on large old trees a bit inland from the sea, in Santa Catarina they are found on scrubby vegetation growing on rocky hills directly facing the sea, and in São Paulo they grow in swampy areas.
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