Brassavola retusa

[brsucculents]

Got this plant for EOM last year. I mounted it this year. It's grown well and bloomed a couple of time. First time one flower. Second time has two buds but one aborted. The leaves are like a nodosa miny mouse.

[Tschimm]

Nice one! Thanks for sharing.
I grow 6 different Brassavola species.
This one goes on my wish list :-)

[isurus79]

Nice one!

[WhiteRabbit]

Lovely!

[Oscarman]

Very nice. Can you elaborate on your culture of it. Collecting Brassavola's here too!

Brassavola cucullata

Brassavola glauca

Brassavola martiana

Brassavola nodosa

Brassavola reginae

Brassavola tuberculata

[brsucculents]

Thanks everyone for the compliments.

Dave - I mounted it in the spring on a piece of Crepe Myrtle (hard smooth wood). It's under the North side of a tree, getting morning sun and late afternoon sun. I water it almost daily. It's done well since mounting it.
Nice Brassavola collection. I've never heard of B. reginae (B. cebolleta) or B. martiana. B. martiana looks very interesting. B. cebolleta looks similar to B. retusa.
These are the Brassavola species I have:
B. nodosa/grandiflora
B. cucullata
B. ovaliformis
B. subulifolia
B. perrinii

Tschimm - What Brassavola species are you growing?

[Tschimm]

B. nodosa

B. cucullata

B. tuberculata (syn. fragrans)

B. subulifolia

B. perrinii

B. flagellaris

I just startet last spring, trying different mounts (corc, treefern plates, epiweb)

They all hung in a Tree from Mai to September. Full sun from 8-12
We had a very cold and wet summer with some rainy nights under 15C so I had some problems with rotten new growths :-(
Most problem are tuberculata and subulifolia. The others are doing quite well.
8 new growths on nodosa and 4 on perrinii. (On treefern/corc)
No flowers so far, but the plants were all babies when I got them.
When not raining, I spray them with 200ppm and shower with the hose after .

I'm thinking about buying a led light panel (with red/blue/UV) and hang the mounts in the basement (70% humidity) during the winter months.

My vendor told me, he is not giving a dry winter rest to brassavolas.
So maybe I'm trying that out too.

There is very little care information about brassavolas except the nodosa.
But there must be differences in caring the other species.
Good to have other Brassavola-lovers here in the forum to ask.
So keep on posting your experiences here. Good and bad

Greetings from Switzerland.
Michael