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Orchid Species: Fernandezia robusta

Kew currently accepted name is Fernandezia sanguinea

Fernandezia robusta is an orchid species identified by (Schltr.) Senghas in F.R.R.Schlechter in 1995. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Fernandezia sanguinea.
Genus
Grex
robusta
Parents
Species
Author
(Schltr.) Senghas in F.R.R.Schlechter
Year
1995
ORIGIN: A Brazilian epiphyte.

DESCRIPTION: A Brazilian epiphyte that is a medium to small, pseudobulbless plant with elongate, 4 to 12[10 to 30 cm], mostly pendant stems that are very close together enveloped completely by numerous, distichous, imbricating, basally clasping, conduplicate, triangular leaves that are bilaterally compressed, densly imbricate and about 1/2 [1.25 cm] long alternately arranged along the stem. The axillary curved flower stalks spring from the apical portion of the stem and have several flowers and are subtended by a concave bract. They bloom in the spring and summer and are very long lasting.

FLOWER SIZE: 3/4 inch [2 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
Genus Name Genus Grex Name Year Author
Add+ Fernandezia F sanguinea 1972 (Lindl.) Garay & Dunst.
Add+ Centropetalum Cnl sanguineum 1923 (Lindl.) Kraenzl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.)
Add+ Nasonia Nas robusta 1921 Schltr.
Add+ Pachyphyllum Pach steyermarkii 1968 Foldats
Add+ Fernandezia F sanguinea f. xanthina
Add+ Nasonia Nas sanguinea 1846 Lindl.
Most awarded/recent cultivars: Lhta. lunifera 'Arp's Sparkler' (2 awards from 1988 to 1990) Lhta. lunifera 'N.S' (2012) Lhta. lunifera 'Peter' (2011) Lhta. lunifera 'Nancy' (1981)
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