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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Brassavola''
| image = Brassavola-flagellaris.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''[[Brassavola flagellaris]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| alliance = Cattleya
| genus = '''''Brassavola'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]], 1813
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Brassavola''''' is a [[genus]] of 20 [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae). The name comes from the [[Venice|Venetian]] nobleman and physician [[Antonio Musa Brassavola]]. The genera '''''Eudisanthema''''' <small>[[Neck.]] ex [[George Edward Post|Post]] & [[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]</small>, '''''Lysimnia''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]</small> and '''''Tulexis''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]</small> are [[synonymy|synonyms]] of ''Brassavola''.
These species are native to the lowlands of [[Central America]] and [[Tropics|tropical]] [[South America]]. They are [[epiphyte]]s, and a few are [[lithophyte]]s. A single, apical and succulent [[leaf]] grows on an elongated [[pseudobulb]].
[[Image:Brassavola-cucullata1web.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Daddy Longlegs orchid (''Brassavola cucullata'')]]
The orchid yields a single white or greenish white flower, or a raceme of a few flowers. The five greenish sepals are narrow and long. The base of the broad fringed [[labellum|lip]] enfolds partially the [[column (botany)|column]]. This column has a pair of falciform ears on each side of the front and contains twelve (sometimes eight) [[Pollinium|pollinia]].
Most Brassavola orchids are very fragrant, attracting [[pollinator]]s with their [[citrus]]y smell. But they are only fragrant at night, in order to attract the right [[moth]].
In 1698 ''Brassavola nodosa'' was the first tropical orchid to be brought from the Caribbean island [[Curaçao]] to [[Holland]]. Thus began the propagation of this orchid and the fascination for orchids in general.
== Species ==
*''Brassavola acaulis'' (C. America). Belize
*''Brassavola cucullata'' : '''Hooded Brassavola, Daddy Longlegs Orchid ''' (Mexico to N. South America).
*''Brassavola duckeana'' (Brazil).
[[Image:Brassavola-nodosa.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Lady-of-the-night Orchid (''Brassavola nodosa'')]]
*''Brassavola fasciculata'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola filifolia'' (Colombia).
*''Brassavola flagellaris'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola fragans'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola gardneri'' (French Guiana, Brazil).
*''Brassavola gillettei'' (Trinidad).
*''Brassavola grandiflora'' (C. America to Colombia).
*''Brassavola harrisii'' (Jamaica).
*''Brassavola martiana'' (S. Trop. America).
*''Brassavola nodosa'' '''Lady-of-the-night Orchid''' (Mexico to Trop. America). Belize
*''Brassavola reginae'' (Brazil ).
*''Brassavola retusa'' (Venezuela, N. Brazil to Peru).
*''Brassavola revoluta'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola rhomboglossa'' (WC. & S. Brazil).
*''Brassavola subulifolia'' (Jamaica).
*''Brassavola tuberculata'' (Brazil to Peru and NE. Argentina).
*''Brassavola venosa'' (SE. Mexico to C. America).
''Brassavola'' is in the same alliance as the genera ''[[Cattleya]]'' and ''[[Laelia]]''. They have been therefore used extensively in hybridization.
Some Hybrids:
*[[Brassavola Little Stars|''Brassavola'' Little Stars]]
*[[Brassavola David Sanders|''Brassavola'' David Sanders]], a primary hybrid between ''Brassavola cucullata'' and ''Rhyncholaelia digbyana''. ''Rhyncolaelia digbyana'' was formerly classified as a ''Brassavola'', and its hybrids have not been reclassified.
*[[Brassolaelia Yellow Bird]] ([[Brassolaelia Richard Mueller]] x [[Brassavola nodosa|''Brassavola nodosa'']])
== External link ==
*[http://www.paphiopedilum.net/CNYOS.Jan.2002.pdf Brassavola David Sanders]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Plants and pollinators]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Brassavola''
| image = Brassavola-flagellaris.jpg
| image_width = 250px
| image_caption = ''[[Brassavola flagellaris]]''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
| alliance = Cattleya
| genus = '''''Brassavola'''''
| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]], 1813
| subdivision_ranks = Species
| subdivision =
See text.
}}
'''''Brassavola''''' is a [[genus]] of 20 [[orchid]]s ([[family (biology)|family]] Orchidaceae). The name comes from the [[Venice|Venetian]] nobleman and physician [[Antonio Musa Brassavola]]. The genera '''''Eudisanthema''''' <small>[[Neck.]] ex [[George Edward Post|Post]] & [[Otto Kuntze|Kuntze]]</small>, '''''Lysimnia''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]</small> and '''''Tulexis''''' <small>[[Constantine Samuel Rafinesque|Raf.]]</small> are [[synonymy|synonyms]] of ''Brassavola''.
These species are native to the lowlands of [[Central America]] and [[Tropics|tropical]] [[South America]]. They are [[epiphyte]]s, and a few are [[lithophyte]]s. A single, apical and succulent [[leaf]] grows on an elongated [[pseudobulb]].
[[Image:Brassavola-cucullata1web.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Daddy Longlegs orchid (''Brassavola cucullata'')]]
The orchid yields a single white or greenish white flower, or a raceme of a few flowers. The five greenish sepals are narrow and long. The base of the broad fringed [[labellum|lip]] enfolds partially the [[column (botany)|column]]. This column has a pair of falciform ears on each side of the front and contains twelve (sometimes eight) [[Pollinium|pollinia]].
Most Brassavola orchids are very fragrant, attracting [[pollinator]]s with their [[citrus]]y smell. But they are only fragrant at night, in order to attract the right [[moth]].
In 1698 ''Brassavola nodosa'' was the first tropical orchid to be brought from the Caribbean island [[Curaçao]] to [[Holland]]. Thus began the propagation of this orchid and the fascination for orchids in general.
== Species ==
*''Brassavola acaulis'' (C. America). Belize
*''Brassavola cucullata'' : '''Hooded Brassavola, Daddy Longlegs Orchid ''' (Mexico to N. South America).
*''Brassavola duckeana'' (Brazil).
[[Image:Brassavola-nodosa.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Lady-of-the-night Orchid (''Brassavola nodosa'')]]
*''Brassavola fasciculata'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola filifolia'' (Colombia).
*''Brassavola flagellaris'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola fragans'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola gardneri'' (French Guiana, Brazil).
*''Brassavola gillettei'' (Trinidad).
*''Brassavola grandiflora'' (C. America to Colombia).
*''Brassavola harrisii'' (Jamaica).
*''Brassavola martiana'' (S. Trop. America).
*''Brassavola nodosa'' '''Lady-of-the-night Orchid''' (Mexico to Trop. America). Belize
*''Brassavola reginae'' (Brazil ).
*''Brassavola retusa'' (Venezuela, N. Brazil to Peru).
*''Brassavola revoluta'' (Brazil).
*''Brassavola rhomboglossa'' (WC. & S. Brazil).
*''Brassavola subulifolia'' (Jamaica).
*''Brassavola tuberculata'' (Brazil to Peru and NE. Argentina).
*''Brassavola venosa'' (SE. Mexico to C. America).
''Brassavola'' is in the same alliance as the genera ''[[Cattleya]]'' and ''[[Laelia]]''. They have been therefore used extensively in hybridization.
Some Hybrids:
*[[Brassavola Little Stars|''Brassavola'' Little Stars]]
*[[Brassavola David Sanders|''Brassavola'' David Sanders]], a primary hybrid between ''Brassavola cucullata'' and ''Rhyncholaelia digbyana''. ''Rhyncolaelia digbyana'' was formerly classified as a ''Brassavola'', and its hybrids have not been reclassified.
*[[Brassolaelia Yellow Bird]] ([[Brassolaelia Richard Mueller]] x [[Brassavola nodosa|''Brassavola nodosa'']])
== External link ==
*[http://www.paphiopedilum.net/CNYOS.Jan.2002.pdf Brassavola David Sanders]
[[Category:Orchid genera]]
[[Category:Plants and pollinators]]