Pseudobulb epiphyte or lithophyte
<p>Distribution: Brazil to NE. Argentina (84 BZC BZE BZL BZS 85 AGE PAR)
</p><p>Homotypic Synonyms:
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<ul><li>Sophronia cernua Lindl., Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1129 (1828).</li></ul><p>Sophronitis cernua (Lindl.) Lindl., Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3677 (1838).
(* Basionym/Replaced Synonym)
</p><p>Heterotypic Synonyms:
Sophronia modesta Lindl., Bot. Reg. 14: t. 1147 (1828), sphalm.
Epidendrum humile Vell., Fl. Flumin. 9: t. 24 (1831), nom. illeg.
Sophronitis hoffmannseggii Rchb.f. ex Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid.: 27 (1842).
Sophronitis nutans Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid.: 28 (1842).
Sophronitis isopetala Hoffmanns., Verz. Orchid., ed. 2: 60 (1843).
Sophronitis pterocarpa Lindl. &amp; Paxton, Paxton's Fl. Gard. 3: 11 (1853).
Cattleya pterocarpa Beer, Prakt. Stud. Orchid.: 209 (1854), pro syn.
Sophronia pterocarpa (Lindl. &amp; Paxton) Kuntze, Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 681 (1891).
Sophronitis cernua var. albiflora Cogn., Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 43: 325 (1907).
Sophronitis cernua var. endsfeldzii Pabst, Revista Brasil. Orquideas 2(7): ? (1971).
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Sophronitis cernua var. alagoensis Gomes Ferreira, Orquidário 12: 15 (1998).
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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/snotch/31091505377/">[Rio de Janeiro, Brazil] Cattleya cernua (Lindl.) Van den Berg, Neodiversity 5: 13 (2010)</a>