Sobralia

Sobralia is a genus of orchids native to Mexico, Central and South America. The plants are more commonly terrestrial, but are also found growing epiphytically, in wet forests from sea level to about 8,800 ft. The genus was named for Dr. Francisco Sobral, a Spanish botanist. The genus is abbreviated Sob in trade journals.
Their reed-like stems range in height from about 1 ft (33 cm) (such as in Sobralia galeottiana) to 44 ft. (13.4 m) (in Sobralia altissima). They have typically heavily veined, bilobed, plicate, apical leaves all along the stem. The inflorescences on the apex of the stem carry one or two successive ephemeral flowers with large sepals and petals. The short duration of the flower is caused by a self-digesting enzyme. The lip is entire or lobed and clasps the column at its base. This columns carries eight soft pollinia. These flowers range in color from pure white to yellow, green, pink, purple, red, brown, and even a blue violet.
Taxonomy
The following species are recognized:
Sobralia aerata (C.K.Allen & L.O.Williams) Garay
Sobralia allenii L.O.Williams
Sobralia altissima D.E.Benn. & Christenson
Sobralia amabilis (Rchb.f.) L.O.Williams
Sobralia anceps Schltr.
Sobralia andreae Dressler
Sobralia antioquiensis Schltr.
Sobralia aspera Dressler & Pupulin
Sobralia atropubescens Ames & C.Schweinf.
Sobralia augusta Hoehne.
Sobralia aurantiaca Linden & Rchb.f.
Sobralia biflora Ruiz & Pav.
Sobralia bimaculata Garay
Sobralia blancoi Dressler & Pupulin
Sobralia bletiae Rchb.f.
Sobralia boliviensis Schltr.
Sobralia buchtienii Schltr.
Sobralia calliantha D.E.Benn. & Christenson
Sobralia callosa L.O.Williams
Sobralia caloglossa Schltr.
Sobralia candida (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f.
Sobralia carazoi Lank. & Ames
Sobralia cardosoi Campacci & J.B.F.Silva
Sobralia cataractarum Hoehne
Sobralia cattleya Rchb.f.
Sobralia chatoensis A.H.Heller & A.D.Hawkes
Sobralia chrysantha Lindl.
Sobralia chrysoleuca Rchb.f.
Sobralia chrysostoma Dressler
Sobralia ciliata (C.Presl) C.Schweinf. ex Foldats
Sobralia citrea Dressler
Sobralia crispissima Dressler
Sobralia crocea (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb.f.
Sobralia decora Bateman
Sobralia densifoliata Schltr.
Sobralia dichotoma Ruiz & Pav.
Sobralia dissimilis Dressler
Sobralia dorbignyana Rchb.f.
Sobralia doremiliae Dressler
Sobralia ecuadorana Dodson
Sobralia exigua Dressler
Sobralia exilis Schltr.
Sobralia fimbriata Poepp. & Endl.
Sobralia fragilis Dressler & Bogarín
Sobralia fragrans Lindl.
Sobralia fruticetorum Schltr.
Sobralia fuzukiae Dressler & Bogarín
Sobralia galeottiana A.Rich.
Sobralia gentryi Dodson
Sobralia gloriana Dressler
Sobralia gloriosa Rchb.f.
Sobralia granitica G.A.Romero & Carnevali
Sobralia hagsateri Dodson
Sobralia hawkesii A.H.Heller
Sobralia helleri A.D.Hawkes
Sobralia herzogii Schltr.
Sobralia hirta D.E.Benn. & Christenson
Sobralia hirtzii Dodson
Sobralia hoppii Schltr.
Sobralia imavieirae Campacci & J.B.F.Silva
Sobralia infundibuligera Garay & Dunst.
Sobralia kermesina Garay
Sobralia kerryae Dressler
Sobralia klotzscheana Rchb.f.
Sobralia kruskayae Dressler
Sobralia labiata Warsz. & Rchb.f.
Sobralia lancea Garay
Sobralia leucoxantha Rchb.f.
Sobralia liliastrum Lindl.
Sobralia lindleyana Rchb.f.
Sobralia lowii Rolfe
Sobralia luerorum Dodson
Sobralia luteola Rolfe
Sobralia macdougallii Soto Arenas Pérez-García & Salazar
Sobralia macra Schltr.
Sobralia macrantha Lindl.
Sobralia macrophylla Rchb.f.
Sobralia madisonii Dodson
Sobralia maduroi Dressler
Sobralia malmiana Pabst
Sobralia malmquistiana Schltr.
Sobralia margaritae Pabst
Sobralia mariannae Dressler
Sobralia mucronata Ames & C.Schweinf.
Sobralia mutisii P.Ortiz
Sobralia neudeckeri Dodson
Sobralia nutans Dressler
Sobralia odorata Schltr.
Sobralia oliva-estevae Carnevali & I.Ramírez
Sobralia oroana Dodson
Sobralia paludosa Linden
Sobralia paradisiaca Rchb.f.
Sobralia pardalina Garay
Sobralia parviflora L.O.Williams
Sobralia persimilis Garay
Sobralia pfavii Schltr.
Sobralia piedadiae Dodson
Sobralia portillae Christenson
Sobralia powellii Schltr.
Sobralia pulcherrima Garay
Sobralia pumila Rolfe
Sobralia purpurea Dressler
Sobralia purpurella Dressler & Bogarín
Sobralia quinata Dressler
Sobralia rarae-avis Dressler
Sobralia recta Dressler
Sobralia rhizophorae Cornejo & Dodson
Sobralia rigidissima Linden ex Rchb.f.
Sobralia roezlii Rchb.f.
Sobralia rogersiana Christenson
Sobralia rolfeana Schltr.
Sobralia rondonii Hoehne
Sobralia rosea Poepp. & Endl.
Sobralia roseoalba Rchb.f.
Sobralia ruckeri Linden & Rchb.f.
Sobralia ruparupaensis D.E.Benn. & Christenson
Sobralia rupicola Kraenzl.
Sobralia sancti-josephi Kraenzl.
Sobralia sanctorum Dressler & Bogarín
Sobralia sanfelicis Dressler
Sobralia schultzei Schltr.
Sobralia scopulorum Rchb.f.
Sobralia semperflorens Kraenzl.
Sobralia setigera Poepp. & Endl.
Sobralia sobralioides (Kraenzl.) Garay
Sobralia sororcula Dressler
Sobralia sotoana Dressler & Bogarín
Sobralia speciosa C.Schweinf.
Sobralia splendida Schltr.
Sobralia stenophylla Lindl.
Sobralia stevensonii Dodson
Sobralia tamboana Dodson
Sobralia theobromina Dressler
Sobralia tricolor Dressler
Sobralia turkeliae Christenson
Sobralia undatocarinata C.Schweinf.
Sobralia uribei P.Ortiz
Sobralia valida Rolfe
Sobralia violacea Linden ex Lindl.
Sobralia virginalis Peeters & Cogn.
Sobralia warszewiczii Rchb.f.
Sobralia weberbaueriana Kraenzl.
Sobralia wilsoniana Rolfe
Sobralia withneri D.E.Benn. & Christenson
Sobralia xantholeuca B.S.Williams
Sobralia yauaperyensis Barb. Rodr.
Hybrids
Sobralia × intermedia P.H.Allen
Sobralia × veitchii hort.
Gallery
References
External links
The Sobralia Pages website, by Nina Rach
Epiphytic orchids
Sobralieae genera
Orchids of Central America
Orchids of North America
Orchids of South America