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Brassavola Little Star |
This orchid is a hybrid between the Central and South American species, Brassavola nodosa and Brassavola cordata, a Jamaican native. The white flowers, exude a citrusy fragrance at night. We have a few clones of this orchid and I featured a huge clone on Christmas day 2018. That huge clone got too big and we had to divide it into several small plants which are mounted separately.
The clone featured today was first posted on November 26, 2016. Arne bought this clone at a store in 2010 and at that time it was in a pot without any flowers. It took Arne a few years to realize that although the orchid was growing well in the pot, it didn't produce many blooms. He then mounted the orchid on a wooden stick and ever since then, every shoot would produce flowers. We assume that growing the orchid in a pot, limits the ability of the plant to produce many flowers at one time. Arne believes that this creates overcrowding which impedes flower development.
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A) Our Brassavola Little Star out in the sun. |
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| B) During the cold months, we keep our orchids in our basement under bright lights and a humidifier. |
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| C) The blossoms up close. |
I hope you found this post as interesting as I did. Until next time, have a great week and happy leap day!
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