Brassia Orchid
It has fragrant 5 to 8 inch wide yellowish spider shaped flowers with brownish spots.
Brassia orchid. Cut the old branch completely when the brassia has finished blooming. The genus was named after william brass a british botanist and illustrator who collected plants in africa under the supervision of sir joseph banks. Brassia is a genus of orchids classified in the oncidiinae subtribe. Caudata extending into florida.
The spider orchids scientific name brassia comes from william brass the botanist who helped originally collect itspider orchids are found in rainforest like conditions as far north as mexico and as far. Brassia spider orchid brassia the spider orchid is a genus of oncidium relatives that have flowers with very long narrow tepals resembling a spider usually with several flowers per flower stem. After the blooming period has ended for the brassia orchid it requires several weeks of rest which means the temperature will need to be kept between 16 to 18 c for example in a guest room. Brassia orchids produce pseudobulbs during this time which are used to store energy for the plant.
Admin 2 comments care and culture growing outdoors. This orchid not only grows in the wet forests of tropical central and south america but the brassia species and its popular hybrids are very common in cultivation and are notable for the characteristic long and slender petals and sepals in some clones longer than 50 cm giving it the common name. Brassia verrucosa flowers are 6 inches wide greenish and fragrant with small brownish dots on both tepals and lips. He named the genus after william brass esq an esteemed botanical illustrator who collected the orchid plants for sir joseph banks an english naturalist botanist and patron of the natural sciences in guinea and south africa.
Oncidiinae robert brown 1773 1858 introduced the genus in 1813 in honor of william brass esq a botanical illustrator who collected plants for sir joseph banks in guinea and south africa. The branch that has given flowers will not bloom again. These pseudobulbs possess one to two flat elongated leaves and both leaves and ps eudobulbs grow straight up. Brassia orchids are true blue tropical orchids that thrive in the rainforests of the peruvian andes mountains.
Brassia maculata or spotted spider orchid is the type species. Brassee ah click on the name to hear it spoken tribe. It is native to mexico central america the west indies and northern south america with one species b. Brassia brass ee ah orchids are often referred to as the spider orchid because the petals of the blooms are elongated narrow and spiky and resemble a spiders legsbrassia orchids are a small genus of 30 to 40 species with numerous hybrids and when it comes to brassia orchid care there are a few important things to know.
They are relatively easy to care for.