Brassavola grandiflora is from the Pacific side of central America. I obtained this plant from Andy's Orchids in 2017. It is a care-free, easy growing plant, and it is relatively compact (height of 15-20cm). It usually produces much more flowers, but this time it produced only 2 flowers. It seems to flower more than once a year, and it seems to be aseasonal. I keep it at a warm end of intermediate temperature; the max/min daily temperature is 29-27/21-24C (80-85/70-75F) in the summer and 18-21/16-18C (65-70/60-65F) in the winter. It is similar to B. nodosa . Frequently, people mentions the larger flower size and wider, flatter, less terete leaf than B. nodosa as the difference. Additonally, Withner (1998) mentioned that the different shape of the column (Fig. 5-2). Difference in the column shape between Brassavola nodosa and B. grandiflora . Excerpt from Fig. 5-2 of Withner (1998) Note that the lower side lobes near the ...
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