Orchid Brassavola

General: usually consists of 15-20 species of orchids, spread over a wide area stretching from Mexico to Venezuela. All of them are epiphytes, or litofite, and grows in warm climates and coastal marine, wetland and fresh both on the plateau, is found on reefs, mangroves and also on the cactus. 

 
This orchid pseudobulbs, but extended to about 10-15 cm stem, each leaf stalk bears a single, growing at the base of the inflorescence length of many flowers bloom, although in some varieties of flowers are single. This Brassavole is light green, white or yellowish, and sometimes decorated with red labellum. B. Cucullata has labellum, sepals and petals are very elongated, with long filaments ranging from greenish tip, growing above the altitude of 1800 m, in cold and damp. B presents a very complex cylinder lip at the base, reaching out to open the heart-shaped, that grows at low altitudes, where the hot and humid. B. Tuberculata grows near the sea. Brassavola cucullata  

Exposure: brassavole usually like light, more than other species of orchids, is therefore appropriate to place them in a very bright, still careful to shade in the hottest period of the year, to avoid burning the leaves, also suggested finding a well-ventilated position, especially if the temperature exceeds 30 ° C. In winter it is good to maintain the temperature does not drop below 15 ° C.  

Watering: Brassavole a watered very often, even every day if it is hot and the soil is too dry in the winter to give a break of at least 2-3 weeks to facilitate the production rate dropped dramatically during this period of watering, almost to suspend them, throughout the season, however , provides cold water only every 2-3 weeks. In the vegetation period from April to October, add fertilizer to the water for watering orchids every week, remembering to water plants immediately with clean water, to avoid waste of fertilizer to the roots.  

During the hot spray the leaves with distilled water to maintain high humidity, possibly in the evening or early morning, to avoid burn spots on the leaves. Ground: Brassavole are epiphytes, so the "pot" ideal is their bark, if you must keep them in pots to use are made for orchids: A mixture of shredded bark and Osmunda fiber, with a small amount of crushed bone. These plants grow fast, so you have to pot every two or three years, immediately after flowering. Brassavola tuberculata  

Multiplication: multiplication is done by division of clumps, leaving at least one root for each old and new part of the bushes, new plants should be repotted once in the soil for orchids. Pests and diseases: pay attention to nutritional deficiencies that cause wrinkling of the drum. If they are stored in a pool of water is likely to suffer from root rot, which can quickly destroy entire crops. If kept in a greenhouse, or a little soda, can be attacked from the cochineal.

 
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