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| name = ''Pseudolaelia''<br />
| image = pseudolaelia.jpg<br />
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| image_caption = Pseudolaelia vellozicola<br />
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br />
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]<br />
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]<br />
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]<br />
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]<br />
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]<br />
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]<br />
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]<br />
| genus = '''''Pseudolaelia'''''<br />
| genus_authority = Porto & Brade 1935<br />
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]<br />
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'''Pseudolaelia''' is a small genus belonging to the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]). The abbreviation used in the horticultural trade is Pdla.<br />
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== Description ==<br />
The [[flower]]s of these orchids resemble those of ''[[Laelia]]'', but the main difference between these two genera lies in the vegetative part.<br />
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These orchids occur exclusively in Eastern Brazil, often as [[epiphyte]]s. Some are [[lithophyte]]s, forming a thicket on the rocks. Others, as ''Pseudolaelia vellozicola'', are semi-epihytes and can be found on mat-like communities of ''[[Vellozia]]'' bushes on [[inselberg]]s (dome-shaped granitic or gneissic rock outcrops) in the Brazilian Atlantic rainforest, requiring an adaptation to the extreme environmental conditions (dryness, isolation)<br />
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The [[rhizome]]s are extended. The [[pseudobulb]]s are fusiform, cylindrical to conical, carrying three to eight [[Leaf|leaves]]. These are apical, deciduous, upright, leathery and pointy. The base of the leaves clasps the pseudobulb from the upper third till the apex.<br />
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The inflorescence is a long [[raceme]], growing from the apex of the pseudobulb, with an undefined number of small white to pink flowers, opening in a consecutive manner clustered at the apex.<br />
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[[Pollination]] is performed by [[hummingbird]]s, [[butterfly|butterflies]], [[Diptera|dipterids]] and [[Hymenoptera|hymenopterids]]. The flowers of ''Pseudolaelia corcovadensis'', being self-compatible, are also pollinated by deceit by the bee ''Bombus (Fervidobombus) atratus'' by mimicking a generalized bee-attracting food-flower. However, these visits are rather rare<br />
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== Species ==<br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia brejetubensis]]'' M.Frey (2003). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia canaanensis]]'' (Ruschi) F.Barros (1994). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia cipoensis]]'' Pabst (1973). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia citrina]]'' Pabst (1976). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia corcovadensis]]'' Porto & Brade (1935). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia dutraei]]'' Ruschi. (1949). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia freyi]]'' Chiron & V.P.Castro (2004). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia geraensis]]'' Pabst (1967). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia irwiniana]]'' Pabst (1973). <br />
* ''[[Pseudolaelia vellozicola]]'' (Hoehne) Porto & Brade (1935). <br />
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Two new species have been proposed by M. Frey : ''Pseudaelia maquijiensis'' and ''Pseudolaelia pavopolitana'' (Brazilian Orchids, volume 28; January 2006 – interview with Wladyslaw e Aleksandro Zaslawski)<br />
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== Interspecific species ==<br />
* ''Pseudolaelia × perimii'' M.Frey (2005 (''P. brejetubensis'' × ''P. freyi'').<br />
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== References ==<br />
*{{cite journal| author = Eduardo L. Borba, Pedro Ivo S. Braga | title = Reproductive biology of Pseudolaelia corcovadensis Porto & Brade (Orchidaceae): melittophyly and selfcompatibility in a basal Laeliinae | journal = Revista Brasil. Bot.| volume = 26|isuue = 4 | pages = 541-549 | year = 2003}}<br />
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== Books ==<br />
*{{cite book| author = Chiron, G. / Roquenant, C| title = Laelia et genres alliés. Brassavola, Cattleya, Pseudolaelia, Rhyncholaelia et Schomburgkia| year = 2000}} (in French)<br />
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