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Sophronitis cernua


Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
SubTribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Sophronitis
Species: S. cernua
Alliance:
Binomial name
Sophronitis cernua
Lindley 1828


Sophronitis cernua is a plant in the genus Sophronitis.

Description[]

Plant bloom in the spring with four to ten 2.2 to 2.7 cm wide flowers.

Distribution[]

Plant is found growing on rocky slopes and trees near the sea in Espiritu Santo south to Sao Paulo state of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay at elevations around 0 meters.

Culture[]

Plants should be grown in medium fir bark with partial to full sun. Plant is a intermediate to warm growing orchid species. Water approximately once a week. Plant can also be mounted.

Naming[]

Common Name: The Nodding Sophronitis

Synonyms[]

  1. Cattleya cernua [Lindley]Beer 1854
  2. Cattleya pterocarpa (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer 1854
  3. Epidendrum humile Vell. 1881
  4. Sophronia cernua Lindl. 1827
  5. Sophronia modesta Lindl. 1827
  6. Sophronia pterocarpa (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze 1891
  7. Sophronitis hoffmannseggii Rchb.f 1842
  8. Sophronitis isopetala Hoffmansegg 1842
  9. Sophronitis modesta Lindley 1828
  10. Sophronitis nutans Hoffmansegg 1842
  11. Sophronitis pendula Hoffmansegg ?
  12. Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindl. & Paxt. 1853