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Sophronitis kautskyi is a plant in the genus Sophronitis.
Description[]
Plant blooms in the winter with up to twelve 4.5 cm wide flowers.
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing with grasses in the shady forest of Espirito Santos, Brazil at elevations of 600 to 1000 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 and reduce watering in the winter. Plant can also be mounted.
Naming[]
Common Name: Kautsky's Sophronitis
Synonyms[]
- Dungsia kautskyi (Pabst) Chiron & V.P.Castro 2002
- Hoffmannseggella kautskyana V.P.Castro & Chiron 2003
- Hoffmannseggella kautskyi (Pabst) H.G. Jones 1972
- Laelia harpophylla var dulcotensis Hort. 1900
- Laelia kautskyi Pabst 1970
- Laelia kautskyana Pabst 1974