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Sophronitis cernua is a plant in the genus Sophronitis.
Description[]
Plant bloom in the spring with four to ten 2.2 to 2.7 cm wide flowers.
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing on rocky slopes and trees near the sea in Espiritu Santo south to Sao Paulo state of Brazil, Bolivia and Paraguay at elevations around 0 meters.
Culture[]
Plants should be grown in medium fir bark with partial to full sun. Plant is a intermediate to warm growing orchid species. Water approximately once a week. Plant can also be mounted.
Naming[]
Common Name: The Nodding Sophronitis
Synonyms[]
- Cattleya cernua [Lindley]Beer 1854
- Cattleya pterocarpa (Lindl. & Paxton) Beer 1854
- Epidendrum humile Vell. 1881
- Sophronia cernua Lindl. 1827
- Sophronia modesta Lindl. 1827
- Sophronia pterocarpa (Lindl. & Paxton) Kuntze 1891
- Sophronitis hoffmannseggii Rchb.f 1842
- Sophronitis isopetala Hoffmansegg 1842
- Sophronitis modesta Lindley 1828
- Sophronitis nutans Hoffmansegg 1842
- Sophronitis pendula Hoffmansegg ?
- Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindl. & Paxt. 1853