| Laelia milleri photo C. Solimbergo |
| taxonomy | described by | (Pabst) Blumenschein, Almiro |
| published in | Bradea, Boletin do Herbarium Bradeanum 1 ( 36 ) : 367 : 1973 | |
| family | Orchdaceae | |
| subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| tribe | Epidendreae | |
| subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| genus | Laelia Lindley 1831 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013) | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origin | rupicolous or on Vellonzia shrubs, in Brazil (Minas Gerais) |
| altitude | 800 - 1300 m (2640 - 4290 ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Araxa (Minas Gerais, Brazil) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Cfa, humid subtropical climate in all seasons, with very hot summers | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 1000 m / 3300 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Araxa this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 13 h 17 m' to 10 h 43 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | full sun | |
| inflorescence | lenght | 15 cm, (6"), apical |
| flowers | 4 - 6 | |
| size | single flower 4 L 4 cm (1.6 L 1.6") - inflorescence 8 L 8 cm (3.2 L 3.2") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 40 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth ≈ 160 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
