Laelia gouldiana
SPECIES
Laelia gouldiana is native to Mexico. This orchid is no longer found in nature, but it is grown in Hidalgo, northeast of Mexico City at an altitude of 1200-1900 m. They often grow in deep ravines and are almost always found in trees mesquite, on dry, overgrown areas in partially burnt mountains.
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 It is 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.