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Brassavola Little Stars
A little story below about our orchid today, Brassavola Little Stars by Arne.
Brassavola Little
Stars is a primary hybrid between B.
nodosa and B. subulifolia (the
latter parent was earlier known as B.
cordata). Believe it or not, I found
this plant at Lowe’s hardware store some 5-6 years ago. It was in a plastic pot and I transferred it
to a clay pot where I kept it for some years.
That was a bad idea. Finally, I
cut the plant into three parts. I
actually trashed most of it and I mounted the two most healthy parts. This is what mounting can do for a true
epiphyte. It grows well, every new shoot
blooms, and the plant presents its flowers as a nice display. My advice to anyone interested in orchids is
to mount orchids that are truly epiphytic.
Water them every day or when you remember. The vast majority will not die if you
accidentally water them too much and the vast majority are very forgiving if
you forget to water them for weeks. To
have epiphytic orchids mounted is the way to go.
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| A) November 6. About seven buds popping out. |
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| B) Buds up close. |
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| C) The day after Thanksgiving. There is still one bud waiting to open. |
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| D) Beautiful white flowers. A pleasant citrus fragrant. |
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| E) Beauty in the Fall sun. |
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| F) A final close up for this post. |
This concludes today's post. Until my next post, Happy Thanksgiving weekend everyone!
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