Orchidaceae
Pale laelia
Laelia rubescens
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Genus
- Laelia
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Common names
By language (3)
- Chinese
- 后红蕾丽兰
- English
- Pale laelia
- Russian
- Лелия краснеющая
Synonyms
- Amalia acuminata (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Amalia peduncularis (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Amalia rubescens (Lindl.) Heynh.
- Bletia acuminata (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Bletia peduncularis (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Bletia rubescens (Lindl.) Rchb.f.
- Bletia violacea (Rchb.f.) Rchb.f.
- Cattleya acuminata (Lindl.) Beer
- Cattleya peduncularis (Lindl.) Beer
- Cattleya rubescens (Lindl.) Beer
- Encabarcenia rubescens (Lindl.) Archila & Szlach.
- Encabarcenia rubescens f. alba Archila & Szlach.
- Encabarcenia rubescens f. peduncularis (Lindl.) Archila & Szlach.
- Laelia acuminata Lindl.
- Laelia inconspicua H.G.Jones
- Laelia peduncularis Lindl.
- Laelia pubescens Lem.
- Laelia rubescens f. peduncularis (Lindl.) Halb.
- Laelia violacea Rchb.f.
- Schomburgkia rubescens (Lindl.) Peraza & Carnevali
- Schomburgkia rubescens f. peduncularis (Lindl.) Peraza & Carnevali
Characteristics
- Growth habit
- Forb/herb
- Lifespan
- Perennial
- In the US and Canada
- Lower 48 states: introduced
Photos
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Javier martin assumed, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons ![Pale laelia: 卡特蘭屬 Cattleya rubescens v semi-alba [香港沙田洋蘭展 Shatin Orchid Show, Hong Kong]](https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/be/%E5%8D%A1%E7%89%B9%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Cattleya_rubescens_v_semi-alba_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%2831485662905%29.jpg/1280px-%E5%8D%A1%E7%89%B9%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%AC_Cattleya_rubescens_v_semi-alba_-%E9%A6%99%E6%B8%AF%E6%B2%99%E7%94%B0%E6%B4%8B%E8%98%AD%E5%B1%95_Shatin_Orchid_Show%2C_Hong_Kong-_%2831485662905%29.jpg)
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Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Motohiro Sunouchi, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.