Brassavola tuberculata is native to Brazil, in the states of Sergipe, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. This species meet in very diverse natural habitats including cold mountain areas, hot plains, savannas and all intermediate environments...
Brassavola tuberculata also called as Rough Brassavola, Tuberculated Brassavola, Bletia tuberculata, Brassavola fragrans, Brassavola gibbsiana, Brassavola trinervis, Brassavola tuberculata, Tulexis bicolor, is a species of the genus Brassavola. This species was described by William Jackson Hooker in 1829.
IDENTIFY BRASSAVOLA TUBERCULATA
Brassavola tuberculata is native to Brazil, in the states of Sergipe, Minas Gerais, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. This species meet in very diverse natural habitats including cold mountain areas, hot plains, savannas and all intermediate environments.
Rough Brassavola is a medium sized, hot to warm, mostly pendant growing plant, which reaching a height of 18-38 cm, with very slender, stem-like, strongly sulcate, 6-15 cm long pseudobulbs carrying a single, terete, acute, sulcate, pendulous, whip-like, 12-22 cm long and 0.4-0.8 cm wide leaf.
Tuberculated Brassavola blooms in the late spring and early summer on a short racemose inflorescence that is shorter than the leaves with up to 6 flowers. The star-like flowers are 6-8 cm in diameter. They give off a scent similar to the smell of vanilla, especially at night. The elongated, narrow, pointed tips of both whorls are pale yellow-green, often have several reddish-purple spots on the underside. Erect or curved dorsal leaf is slightly longer than the petals of the inner whorl and some sickle-shaped side petals. The egg-shaped lip is widely spread, shiny-white with a few convex veins and a yellow-green spot in the throat. The irregular edges of the lip are more or less undulated. The protruding rod and the cover of the pollen chamber are white.
BRASSAVOLA TUBERCULATA CARE AND CULTURE
Cultural information should only be used as a guide, and should be to be adapted to suit you. Your physical location; where you grow your plants, how much time you have to devote to their care, and many other factors, will need to be taken into account. Only then can you decide on the cultural methods that best suit you and your plants.
Light:
Brassavola tuberculata needs a light level of 25000-35000 lux. The light should be slightly filtered or dispersed, and the plants should not be exposed to the direct sunlight of the midday sun. Strong air movement should be ensured all the time.
Temperature:
It is a thermophilic plant. In summer, the average day temperature is 28-29 ° C, night 22-23 ° C, with a daily amplitude of 6-7 ° C. The average winter temperature is 24 ° C at day, 17-18 ° C at night, with a daily amplitude of 7 ° C.
Humidity:
Tuberculated Brassavola needs the humidity of 75-80% throughout the year.
Substrate, growing media and repotting:
Brassavola tuberculata are easy to carry when they are mounted on a pad or placed in a hanging basket filled with a very thick, loose, quickly drying ground. These plants grow well attached to pieces of tree fern or cork, but in the summer it requires high humidity and daily watering. In the period of extremely hot and dry weather, the plants may require even several waterings during the day. You can use only cork or tree rootstocks or use pots filled with a mixture of about 80% of chopped tree fern fibers, 10% charcoal and 10% perlite.
Repotting or dividing the plant should be done only when the growth of new roots begins. The plant slowly returns to full strength after frequent divisions and the plants are much healthier and more vital if instead of repotting it will translate them into a larger container with good drainage, assuming that the substrate has not been decomposed.
Watering:
For most of the year, rainfall is moderate to heavy, but in late autumn and early winter, for 2-3 months, the conditions change to slightly drier. The cultivated plants should be watered strongly during the period of active growth, but the roots must always dry quickly after watering. In late autumn, watering should be limited.
Fertilizer:
The plants should be fertilized every week 1/4-1/2 of the recommended dose of fertilizer for orchids. A fertilizer with a high nitrogen content is beneficial from spring to mid-summer, and a fertilizer richer in phosphorus should be used in late summer and autumn.
Rest period:
In winter, the amount of water supplied to Brassavola tuberculata should be reduced. However, you must not let the plants stay dry for a long time. It is important to ensure a dry resting period when new increments reach maturity. If the plants are grown in dark conditions, short day, which occurs in moderate latitudes, it is easiest to provide such a dry rest period in the winter. Fertilization should be reduced or completely eliminated until more intense watering starts in the spring.
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