Broughtonia sanguinea "Star Splash"

[CTB]

After seeing Bud's broughtonia I had to share mine. This is one of the cutest small orchids. This one has two spikes 5 to 7 flower per spike. Flower is smaller than the size of a quarter. It has a very mild clean fragrance.

I have it planted in hydroton, in a wood slat basket. It stays outside getting morning sun till about noon. I brought it inside when we dipped under 40 degrees this pass winter because it's such a small plant. I can see the roots coming out from the hydroton, through the slats., and it does fine in all our Florida rain, because of being in the hydroton.

If you want something smaller than a cattleya this is an ideal one

[tuvoc]

What a sweetheart.

Kim

[gnathaniel]

Lovely, Carol! Nicely bloomed.

It looks like you might have a 'Star Splash' x aurea seedling, yours is considerably more yellow than the other splash-petal plants I've seen.

--Nat

[Trini Kjeldz]

delicate blooms

[WhiteRabbit]

beautiful!

[Bud]

Gorgeous color and form....this is a very small plant that produces long spikes with several blooms....its tricky to grow this because it rots with too much water and you have to cut the roots short when repotting ....
my alba is also currently spiking

[Wynn Dee13]

Bud- in your post you said you are suppose to remount this species every couple years and when you do you need to cut all the roots off. I have had my plant for five years and I have never remounted it. It doesn't need to be remounted and it blooms every year and it has a lot of healthy roots. I find that it is really easy to grow. I also don't understand why you said if the old pbulbs start to die you have to remount it. All orchids with pbulbs loose their old bulbs at some point so why would this species be any different? In the wild they don't get remounted. I was just curious about what you said in your post. ???

[Bud]

@WynnDee.... in my experience this easily rot the roots if watered too much...in summer Manhattan is very humid and we breathe water...so I have to resort to measures that work forme...in situ...this is growing in an arid part of the island and it doesnt rot its roots....the old bulbs die by itseld by nature but in a situation like mine it is necessary to cut the roots when repotted, and the first sign are the old established bulbs losing its leaves and imploding.....maybe your situation your environment keeps your roots dry and wont rot easily

* I said cut the roots short....not "cut all the roots off"....like a crew cut on a guy not like the marines that is almost bald headed

[Wynn Dee13]

Originally Posted by Bud

@WynnDee.... in my experience this easily rot the roots if watered too much...in summer Manhattan is very humid and we breathe water...so I have to resort to measures that work forme...in situ...this is growing in an arid part of the island and it doesnt rot its roots....the old bulbs die by itseld by nature but in a situation like mine it is necessary to cut the roots when repotted, and the first sign are the old established bulbs losing its leaves and imploding.....maybe your situation your environment keeps your roots dry and wont rot easily

* I said cut the roots short....not "cut all the roots off"....like a crew cut on a guy not like the marines that is almost bald headed

Oh okay. Yeah I'm not one to over water (I actually should water more) and our summers are not really humid so I don't have that issue. Thanks for explaining.

[RosieC]

Real cutie!