Laelia anceps

Laelia anceps Lindley 1835 

Found In:  Mexico and Honduras and is found from altitudes of 500-1500 meters as an epiphyte in coffee plantations, pastures, oak and oak/pine forests with a solitary leaf in tall scattered oaks, or on rocks below them or in pastures and coffee plantations

Size: 25 cm hight

The term Flowering: autumn

Flower size: 7-8 cm, max 3 In spike (spike size :30 cm) spike growth about 3,5 month (veryyy slowly)

Fragrance:  no

Temperature:  25-12 C all year. This species needs large temperature differences. 

Watering: Once a week with the addition of mineral fertilizer (sometimes).

 It needs a dryt after growth

Humidity: 60-40 %

Subtrate: average grain size “pine bark”

Exhibition:   South

Synonyms : Amalia anceps (Lindl.) Heynh. 1846 ; Amalias anceps [Lindley] Hoffmannsegg 1842; Bletia anceps [Lindley] Rchb.f 1863; Bletia anceps var. barkeriana (Lindl.) Rchb.f. 1862; Cattleya anceps [Lindley] Beer 1854; Laelia anceps f. alba (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss 2007; Laelia anceps f. chilapensis Soto Arenas 1993; Laelia anceps f. dawsonii (J. Anderson) Soto Arenas 1993; Laelia anceps subsp. dawsonii Rolfe 1922; Laelia anceps subsp. hallydayana (O'Brien) Rolfe 1922; Laelia anceps subsp. sanderiana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1922; Laelia anceps subsp. schroederiana (Rchb.f.) Rolfe 1922; Laelia anceps var. alba Rchb.f.1887; Laelia anceps f. chilapensis Soto Arenas 1993; Laelia anceps var. amesiana O'Brien 1888; Laelia anceps var. ashworthiana O'Brien 1894; Laelia anceps var. ballantineana L.Linden1898; Laelia anceps var. barkeriana (Knowles & Westc.) Lindl. 1837; Laelia anceps var. blanda Rchb.f. 1885; Laelia anceps var. chamberlainiana Rolfe 1895; Laelia anceps var. crawshayana auct. 1895; Laelia anceps var. delicata B.S.Williams 1885; Laelia anceps var. grandiflora B.S.Williams 1888; Laelia anceps var. hilliana Rchb.f. 1881; Laelia anceps var. hollydayana O'Brien 1894;Laelia anceps var. holocheila Rolfe 1891; Laelia anceps var. hyeana L.Linden & Rodigas 1889; Laelia anceps var. kienastiana Rchb.f. 1886; Laelia anceps var. leucosticta Rchb.f. 1885; Laelia anceps var. lineata O'Brien 1895; Laelia anceps var. morada Rolfe 1922; Laelia anceps var. munda Rchb.f. 1886; Laelia anceps var. obscura Rchb.f. ex B.S.Williams 1894; Laelia anceps var. oweniana auct. 1892; Laelia anceps var. percivaliana Rchb.f. 1883; Laelia anceps var. protheroana O'Brien 1896; Laelia anceps var. radians Rchb.f. 1888; Laelia anceps var. roeblingeana Rolfe 1898; Laelia anceps var. sanderiana Rchb.f. 1887; Laelia anceps var. schroederiana Rchb.f. 1885; Laelia anceps var. scottiana Warner & B.S.Williams 1888; Laelia anceps var. simondsii Rolfe 1901; Laelia anceps var. stella Rchb.f. 1866; Laelia anceps var. superba Regel 1855; Laelia anceps var. vestalis Rchb.f. 1880; Laelia anceps var. virginalis auct. 1887; Laelia anceps var. waddoniensis J.Greg. 1898; Laelia anceps var. williamsii Sander ex Warner & B.S.Williams 1885; Laelia barkeriana Knowles & Westc. 1837;