Kingdom Plantae Family Orchidaceae Tribe Epidendreae Scientific name Laelia albida | Order Asparagales Subfamily Epidendroideae Subtribe Laeliinae Rank Species | |
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Similar Laelia autumnalis, Laelia anceps, Laelia gouldiana, Laelia furfuracea, Laelia rubescens |
Laelia albida is the most northerly-growing laelia in Mexico. This epiphytic orchid bears ten or more small (5 cm) pale pink flowers on a half-meter terminal inflorescence in late winter to early spring. It is cold-tolerant close to freezing in the winter and needs to be kept dry until new vegetative growth is seen in late spring. It seems to do much better mounted on cork or hardwood than potted.
![Laelia albida IOSPE PHOTOS](https://alchetron.com/cdn/laelia-albida-a0def3bd-a4dd-45fe-9f26-13ec0e7277f-resize-750.jpeg)
The diploid chromosome number of L. albida has been determined as 2n = 42 and as 2n = ~63.
![Laelia albida Laelia albida Mauro Rosim Flickr](https://alchetron.com/cdn/laelia-albida-ee0305aa-ecce-4905-896e-13457374da4-resize-750.jpeg)
![Laelia albida IOSPE PHOTOS](https://alchetron.com/cdn/laelia-albida-07c4ef06-251a-40a7-bd1c-3d54569f491-resize-750.jpeg)
![Laelia albida Laelia albida](https://alchetron.com/cdn/laelia-albida-cbcaad68-6a61-493b-b3bf-dff6091960a-resize-750.jpeg)
![Laelia albida Laelia albida](https://alchetron.com/cdn/laelia-albida-0dd35b1b-dd5e-468c-8a83-d1e8674cc29-resize-750.jpeg)
References
Laelia albida Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA