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Laelia rubescens
Pale laelia is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from Mexico and Central America that grows on trees and rocks in seasonally dry forest. Give it bright light, a dry rest period after growth matures, and good airflow with a free-draining mix.
Laelia rubescens is a species of orchid native to Mexico and Central America.
Laelia rubescens is native to the Central American countries Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and much of Southern/Central Mexico. It also occurs in the wild in Florida and Cuba as an escapee from cultivation, having been intentionally introduced as an ornamental plant. Laelia rubescens grows in seasonally dry, deciduous forests as an epiphyte and occasionally as a lithophyte at elevations below 1700 meters.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Laelia rubescens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
