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Orchid Species: Sophronitis pterocarpa
Kew currently accepted name is Cattleya cernua
Sophronitis pterocarpa is an orchid species identified by Lindl. & Paxton in 1853. Culture information and photos for this orchid are commonly detailed under the currently accepted name of Cattleya cernua.
Genus
Sophronitis (S.)
Grex
pterocarpa
Parents
Species
Author
Lindl. & Paxton
Year
1853
ORIGIN: A miniature sized, south eastern Brazil species that can be found as far inland as Bolivia and Paraguay [S pterocarpa] and grows epiphytically and occasionally lithophytically.
DESCRIPTION: Warm growing orchid that has densely clustered, subcylindric or ovoid pseudobulb with 2 or 3 basal nodes and carrying a single, apical, thickly coriaceous, broadly ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse or minutely apiculate leaf that blooms on a terminal, erect, 1 to 2 [2 to 5 cm] long, few [4 to 10] flowered inflorescence with nodding flowers occurring in the spring. Mount this species on cork and give hot to warm temperatures, bright light, high humidity, and year round water with less in cooler weather. This species is found at sea-level in Espirito Santo south to Sao Paulo state on rocky slopes or trees often so close to the sea that a slight salt spray can reach them. They can be found in Seaside mangrove hammocks and then as one goes inland on the littoral plain to the coastal foothilss can be found high above the canopy in lowland trees with full sun and a constant breeze so as to keep them dry even though they are in rainforest conditions.. Temp can range from 50 to 110 degrees.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 to 1 1/4 inch [2.2 to 2.7 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
DESCRIPTION: Warm growing orchid that has densely clustered, subcylindric or ovoid pseudobulb with 2 or 3 basal nodes and carrying a single, apical, thickly coriaceous, broadly ovate or elliptic-ovate, obtuse or minutely apiculate leaf that blooms on a terminal, erect, 1 to 2 [2 to 5 cm] long, few [4 to 10] flowered inflorescence with nodding flowers occurring in the spring. Mount this species on cork and give hot to warm temperatures, bright light, high humidity, and year round water with less in cooler weather. This species is found at sea-level in Espirito Santo south to Sao Paulo state on rocky slopes or trees often so close to the sea that a slight salt spray can reach them. They can be found in Seaside mangrove hammocks and then as one goes inland on the littoral plain to the coastal foothilss can be found high above the canopy in lowland trees with full sun and a constant breeze so as to keep them dry even though they are in rainforest conditions.. Temp can range from 50 to 110 degrees.
FLOWER SIZE: 1 to 1 1/4 inch [2.2 to 2.7 cm] -- information provided by Jay Pfahl, author of the Internet Orchid Species Encyclopedia (IOSPE).
Other Names
| Genus Name | Genus | Grex Name | Year | Author | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | cernua | 2010 | (Lindl.) Van den Berg |
| Add+ | Cattleya | C | pterocarpa | 1854 | Beer |
| Add+ | Sophronitis | S | hoffmannseggii | 1842 | Rchb.f. ex Hoffmanns. |
| Add+ | Sophronitis | S | isopetala | 1843 | Hoffmanns. |
| Add+ | Sophronitis | S | modesta | 1828 | Lindl. |
| Add+ | Sophronitis | S | nutans | 1842 | Hoffmanns. |
| Add+ | Sophronia | Sophronia | modesta | 1828 | Lindl. |
| Add+ | Sophronia | Sophronia | pterocarpa | 1891 | (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze |
| Add+ | Sophronitis | S | cernua | 1838 | (Lindl.) Lindl. |
| Add+ | Sophronia | Sophronia | cernua | 1828 | Lindl. |
Most awarded/recent cultivars:
C. cernua 'Gerda'
(3 awards from
2011
to
2018)
C. cernua 'Cream Soda'
(2 awards in
2017)
C. cernua 'Orange Fantasy'
(2 awards in
2014)
S. cernua 'Helen'
(2 awards in
2010)
C. cernua 'Nora Lovie Siegel'
(2 awards in
2008)
S. cernua 'Lauren'
(2 awards in
2006)
S. cernua 'Bowmar'
(2 awards in
1983)
S. cernua 'America'
(2 awards in
1981)
C. cernua '4N Nursery'
(2018)
C. cernua 'Großraeschen'
(2017)
C. cernua 'Taikura'
(2017)
C. cernua 'Elise'
(2016)
C. cernua 'Keith's Orange'
(2016)
C. cernua 'Florida Sunshine'
(2015)
C. cernua 'Elizabeth Grace'
(2015)
C. cernua 'Igor'
(2015)
C. cernua 'Valencia'
(2015)
C. cernua 'Oriole'
(2014)
C. cernua 'Diamond Orchids'
(2014)
C. cernua 'Naya'
(2013)
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