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|familia=Orchidaceae
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| name = ''Brassavola''
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|genus=Brassavola
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| image = Brassavola-flagellaris.jpg
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|taxo_author=R.Br.
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| image_width = 250px
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|habit=orchid
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| image_caption = ''[[Brassavola flagellaris]]''
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|features=flowers, fragrance
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| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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|flowers=white
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| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
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|Temp Metric=°F
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| classis = [[Monocotyledon|Liliopsida]]
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| ordo = [[Asparagales]]
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|image=Brassavola-flagellaris.jpg
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| familia = [[Orchidaceae]]
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|image_width=240
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| subfamilia = [[Epidendroideae]]
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|image_caption=Brassavola flagellaris
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| tribus = [[Epidendreae]]
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| subtribus = [[Laeliinae]]
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| alliance = Cattleya
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| genus = '''''Brassavola'''''
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| genus_authority = [[Robert Brown (botanist)|R.Br.]], 1813
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| subdivision_ranks = Species
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'''''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]]. This genus is abbreviated '''B''' in trade journals.
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'''''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''.
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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]].
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The orchid yields a single white or greenish white flower, or a raceme of a few flowers. The three sepals and two lateral petals are greenish, 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]].
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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]]. Longevity of flowers depends on the species and is between five to thirty days.
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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.
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Brassavola (A. M. Brassavola, Venetian botanist). Orchidaceae. About twenty tropical American epiphytes, closely allied to Laelia, and demanding similar treatment.
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The fls. are large, solitary or racemose, the sepals and petals narrow and greenish, the lip white: Lvs. thick, solitary. For the cultivator, the treatment of Bras- savola is identical with that of the Mexican laelias. Plenty of sun to mature the young growths, and water when growing, with a somewhat drier atmosphere when resting, will be found to suit them. Suspend on blocks. B. Digbyana, Lindl., is Laelia Digbyana; B. glauca, Lindl., is Laelia glauca.
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==Cultivation==
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===Propagation===
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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]].
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[[Image:Brassavola-cucullata1web.jpg|200px|thumb|left|Daddy Longlegs orchid (''Brassavola cucullata'')]]
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===Pests and diseases===
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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]].
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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]].
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==Varieties==
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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.
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== Species ==
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==Gallery==
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*''Brassavola acaulis'' (C. America). Belize
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*''Brassavola cucullata'' : '''Hooded Brassavola, Daddy Longlegs Orchid ''' (Mexico to N. South America).
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*''Brassavola duckeana'' (Brazil).
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[[Image:Brassavola-nodosa.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Lady-of-the-night Orchid (''Brassavola nodosa'')]]
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*''Brassavola fasciculata'' (Brazil).
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*''Brassavola filifolia'' (Colombia).
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*''Brassavola flagellaris'' (Brazil).
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*''Brassavola fragans'' (Brazil).
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*''Brassavola gardneri'' (French Guiana, Brazil).
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*''Brassavola gillettei'' (Trinidad).
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*''Brassavola grandiflora'' (C. America to Colombia).
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*''Brassavola harrisii'' (Jamaica).
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*''Brassavola martiana'' (S. Trop. America).
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*''Brassavola nodosa'' '''Lady-of-the-night Orchid''' (Mexico to Trop. America). Belize
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*''Brassavola reginae'' (Brazil ).
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*''Brassavola retusa'' (Venezuela, N. Brazil to Peru).
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*''Brassavola revoluta'' (Brazil).
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*''Brassavola rhomboglossa'' (WC. & S. Brazil).
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*''Brassavola subulifolia'' (Jamaica).
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*''Brassavola tuberculata'' (Brazil to Peru and NE. Argentina).
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*''Brassavola venosa'' (SE. Mexico to C. America).
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''Brassavola'' is in the same alliance as the genera ''[[Cattleya]]'' and ''[[Laelia]]''. They have been therefore used extensively in hybridization.
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<gallery perrow=5>
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Image:Brassavola-nodosa.jpg|[[Lady-of-the-night Orchid]] ''Brassavola nodosa''
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Image:Brassavola-cucullata1web.jpg|Daddy Longlegs orchid (''Brassavola cucullata'')
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Some Hybrids:
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==References==
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*[[Brassavola Little Stars|''Brassavola'' Little Stars]]
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*[[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.
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
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*[[Brassolaelia Yellow Bird]] ([[Brassolaelia Richard Mueller]] x [[Brassavola nodosa|''Brassavola nodosa'']])
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<!--- xxxxx  *Flora: The Gardener's Bible, by Sean Hogan. Global Book Publishing, 2003. ISBN 0881925381 -->
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<!--- xxxxx *American Horticultural Society: A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants, by Christopher Brickell, Judith D. Zuk. 1996. ISBN 0789419432  -->
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<!--- xxxxx  *Sunset National Garden Book. Sunset Books, Inc., 1997. ISBN 0376038608  -->
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== External link ==
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==External links==
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*[http://www.paphiopedilum.net/CNYOS.Jan.2002.pdf Brassavola David Sanders]
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[[Category:Orchid genera]]
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