Brown aerial root tips on Brassavola

[Roberta]

Originally Posted by Prashant

Is the Brassavola nodosa bloom in specific time of year? If not what will be the light requirements and is it do well in artificial light conditions?

Mine blooms in the summer starting usually in July, and keeps popping out flowers through August and September. It is in my greenhouse, with light that I would consider "bright shade". I move it outside when it blooms (the evening fragrance on my patio is lovely). Since it does much better in the greenhouse during the cooler months, I suspect that it does not need a large temperature difference between day and night. Don't know about artificial light... If you can supplement natural light, rather than depend purely on artificial light, I think that the details of the lighting would be less critical.