Laelia autumnalis

Subfamily:
  Epidendroideae
Tribe:
  Epidendreae
Subtribe:
  Laeliinae
Genus: Laelia:
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Subgenus: Laelia:
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Section: Podolaelia:
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Mexico Central, Mexico, Northern America
Mexico Northeast, Northern America
Mexico Southwest, Northern America

Found in Hidalgo state of Mexico in the mountains at elvaqtions around 1550 meters as a small to medium sized, cool growing epiphyte with fusiform, somewhat compressed pseudobulbs enveloped basally by 4 to 6 scarious sheaths and carrying 2 to 3, erect, lanceolate, bright green leaves where it is extinct in the wild and perhaps the best of the Mexican Laelias, and blooms on an apical, erect inflorescence arising in the fall and growing to 30' [75 cm] and carrying up to 10 well-rounded magenta/red 3' [7.5 cm] blooms that are awesome, as the lip is violet/red with a red-veined white center and a yellow keel, mildly fragrant, grows as easily as L. anceps all occuring in the fall and winter <>br>‎Steve Istvan Molnar Jr‎

L. autumnalis and its natural hybrid L. × gouldiana are very similar. Their differences are.
The flower of L. gouldiuana is brighter and with differfent lip shape. Both hav3 3 calli on the calli on L. gouldiana are actually raised flat strips nad in L. autumnalis are three raised ridge lines.
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Amalia autumnalis (Lex.) Heynh. (1846)
Bletia autumnalis Lex. (1825)
Cattleya autumnalis (Lex.) Beer (1854)
Laelia autumnalis var. atrorubens Backh.f. (1880)
Laelia autumnalis f. atrorubens (Backh.f.) Halb. (1993)
Laelia autumnalis var. venusta auct. (1884)
Laelia autumnalis var. xanthotrophis Rchb.f. (1888)
Laelia autumnalis f. xanthotrophis (Rchb.f.) Halb. & Soto Arenas (1997)
Laelia autumnalis var. alba (Rchb.f.) B.S.Williams (1893)
Laelia autumnalis f. alba (Rchb.f.) M.Wolff & O.Gruss (2007)
Laelia autumnalis Rchb.f. (1889)
Laelia venusta Rolfe (1895)

Laelonia Jose	Laelia autumnalis × Broughtonia Kingston
Laeliocattleya Stanislaus	Laelia autumnalis × Cattleya cinnabarina
Laeliocattleya Graf's Otoño	Laelia autumnalis × Cattleya Fort Motte
Laeliocattleya Moore Magic	Laelia autumnalis × Cattleya Interglossa
Laeliocattleya Autumn Blush	Laelia autumnalis × Cattleya Mary Bea Ireland
Laeliocattleya Omen	Laelia autumnalis × Cattleya purpurata
Laeliocattleya Schloat's Fancy	Laelia autumnalis × Cattleya tigrina
Laeliocatanthe La Bamba (1)	Laelia autumnalis × Cattlianthe Chocolate Drop
Laelia Mexico	Laelia autumnalis × Laelia lyonsii
Laelia Charm	Laelia autumnalis × Laelia speciosa
Laelia Sylvia Roth-Flockerzi	Laelia autumnalis × Laelia × gouldiana
Laelonia Ruby	Broughtonia sanguinea × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Aurealis	Cattleya aurea (syn) × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Yori	Cattleya Earl × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Eric von Barnekow	Cattleya Hermann Sielken × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Cornuta	Cattleya labiata × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Pink Perfume	Cattleya loddigesii × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Bellona	Cattleya Lord Rothschild × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Autodoin	Cattleya Octave Doin × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Barcarole	Cattleya Peggy Huffman × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Martha Lee	Cattleya Psyche × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Varro	Cattleya quadricolor × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Hauoli	Cattleya R. Prowe × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Khotaro Stars	Cattleya Summer Stars × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Bellissima	Cattleya trianae × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Autumn Walk	Cattleya walkeriana × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocatanthe Zelis	Cattlianthe Greuze × Laelia autumnalis
Epilaelia Bellaerensis	Epidendrum ciliare × Laelia autumnalis
Laerianchea Corsair	Guarechea Lipolani Blue × Laelia autumnalis
Laelianthe Belairensis (1)	Guarianthe bowringiana × Laelia autumnalis
Laelia Autoceps (5)	Laelia anceps × Laelia autumnalis
Laelia × gouldiana (20)	Laelia anceps × Laelia autumnalis
Laelia Aloha Autumn	Laelia Finckeniana × Laelia autumnalis
Laelia James Stewart (1)	Laelia superbiens × Laelia autumnalis
Laeliocattleya Forecaster (4)	Laeliocattleya Harry Dunn × Laelia autumnalis
Rhyncatlaelia Cotillion	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Lemon Tree × Laelia autumnalis
Rhyncatlaelia Matteo Pozzi	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Pastoral × Laelia autumnalis
Rhyncatlaelia Mac Lambert	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Wake Island × Laelia autumnalis
Rhyncatlaelia Nao	Rhyncholaeliocattleya Yellow Glory × Laelia autumnalis