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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Pseudolaelia''
| image = pseudolaelia.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Pseudolaelia vellozicola
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| genus = '''''Pseudolaelia'''''
| genus_authority = Porto & Brade 1935
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''Pseudolaelia''' is a small genus belonging to the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]). The abbreviation used in the horticultural trade is Pdla.
== Description ==
The [[flower]]s of these orchids resemble those of ''[[Laelia]]'', but the main difference between these two genera lies in the vegetative part.
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)
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.
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.
[[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
== Species ==
* ''[[Pseudolaelia brejetubensis]]'' M.Frey (2003).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia canaanensis]]'' (Ruschi) F.Barros (1994).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia cipoensis]]'' Pabst (1973).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia citrina]]'' Pabst (1976).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia corcovadensis]]'' Porto & Brade (1935).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia dutraei]]'' Ruschi. (1949).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia freyi]]'' Chiron & V.P.Castro (2004).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia geraensis]]'' Pabst (1967).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia irwiniana]]'' Pabst (1973).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia vellozicola]]'' (Hoehne) Porto & Brade (1935).
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)
== Interspecific species ==
* ''Pseudolaelia × perimii'' M.Frey (2005 (''P. brejetubensis'' × ''P. freyi'').
== References ==
*{{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}}
== Books ==
*{{cite book| author = Chiron, G. / Roquenant, C| title = Laelia et genres alliés. Brassavola, Cattleya, Pseudolaelia, Rhyncholaelia et Schomburgkia| year = 2000}} (in French)
[[Category : Orchid genera]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Pseudolaelia''
| image = pseudolaelia.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = Pseudolaelia vellozicola
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| genus = '''''Pseudolaelia'''''
| genus_authority = Porto & Brade 1935
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''Pseudolaelia''' is a small genus belonging to the orchid family ([[Orchidaceae]]). The abbreviation used in the horticultural trade is Pdla.
== Description ==
The [[flower]]s of these orchids resemble those of ''[[Laelia]]'', but the main difference between these two genera lies in the vegetative part.
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)
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.
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.
[[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
== Species ==
* ''[[Pseudolaelia brejetubensis]]'' M.Frey (2003).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia canaanensis]]'' (Ruschi) F.Barros (1994).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia cipoensis]]'' Pabst (1973).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia citrina]]'' Pabst (1976).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia corcovadensis]]'' Porto & Brade (1935).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia dutraei]]'' Ruschi. (1949).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia freyi]]'' Chiron & V.P.Castro (2004).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia geraensis]]'' Pabst (1967).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia irwiniana]]'' Pabst (1973).
* ''[[Pseudolaelia vellozicola]]'' (Hoehne) Porto & Brade (1935).
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)
== Interspecific species ==
* ''Pseudolaelia × perimii'' M.Frey (2005 (''P. brejetubensis'' × ''P. freyi'').
== References ==
*{{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}}
== Books ==
*{{cite book| author = Chiron, G. / Roquenant, C| title = Laelia et genres alliés. Brassavola, Cattleya, Pseudolaelia, Rhyncholaelia et Schomburgkia| year = 2000}} (in French)
[[Category : Orchid genera]]
