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11-16-2019, 04:06 PM
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Brassavola nodosa in bloom
My Brassavola nodosa has decided to flower one more time this year.
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11-16-2019, 07:33 PM
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Nicely grown.
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11-17-2019, 12:47 AM
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I can’t get tired of those flowers. Well done
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12-03-2019, 09:26 AM
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nice
They grow quite well in south florida i have quite a few hybrids.
a trick to get more growth points on brasavola is to wrap a strand of spagnum moss around new leaves peubosubuls which promotes new root and leaf growth.
When i had my brassavola nodosa mounted nothing much happed for over three months till i potted it in spagnum moss and kept it wet with full sun.
Then it started growing really fast

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12-05-2019, 06:30 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by orchididentification
When i had my brassavola nodosa mounted nothing much happened for over three months till i potted it in spaghnum moss and kept it wet with full sun. Then it started growing really fast.
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Definitely! It needed to get enough water into it. Maybe in some places where humidity is high enough ----- the plant can get enough water from the air. In other places, may need to compensate for that - by potting it in a suitable medium, like what you did.
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12-06-2019, 07:48 AM
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12-06-2019, 08:05 AM
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Agreed. Most people grow their nodosas too dry.
I bought a single lead B. nodosa with 4 pseudobulbs in February 2018. I moved it from plastic pot with bark to net pot with spaghnum. It now has 4 or 5 leads, and it is blooming for the 4th time this year.
Likewise, I have several plants of Bc. Edna (= nodosa x Sophr. coccinea) 'Summit'. This is a select clone from the now defunct Lager & Hurrell nursery.
I recently obtained one more plant from my source (a former employee of L&H). It was growing on a bare piece of cedar, had 7-8 pseudobulbs and seemingly 2 leads.
I transferred it to a net pot with all spaghnum. It promptly responded with 9 new growths. Attached photo is from September, at that time there were 'only' 7 growths started, but it has added 2 more.
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12-06-2019, 08:10 AM
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yep i noticed this too.
often orchid growers grow their orchids too dry because of the fear of rotting the roots.
Same also with cattelyas i pot them in bark but arround the new growths i wrap a strand of spagnum moss to premote root growth.
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12-06-2019, 08:39 PM
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Great tip. I have 2 B. nodosas that have languished. I’ll try repotting them with some sphagnum. I’m a habitual underwaterer and this might help.
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12-07-2019, 01:12 AM
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I did not expect to generate this discussion about watering...
I'll add that I grow mine in stalite. In my dry and sunny SoCal climate, I water it about every other day all year round, except during winter.
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