Cattleya longipes

Long-column Sophronitis

Sophronitis longipes plant
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Epidendreae
Subtribe:	Laeliinae
Genus:	Cattleya
Subgenus:	C. subg. Parviflorae
Section:	C. sect. Liliputinae
Species:	C. longipes
Binomial name
*Cattleya longipes* (Rchb.f.) Van den Berg & M.W.Chase
Synonyms
Laelia longipes Rchb.f. (basionym) Bletia longipes (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f. Laelia lucasiana Rolfe Laelia longipes var. lucasiana (Rolfe) Schltr. Hoffmannseggella longipes (Rchb.f.) V.P.Castro & Chiron

Cattleya longipes, commonly known as the Long-column Sophronitis, is a species of orchid endemic to southeastern Brazil (Serra do Cipó).

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