Chiba University Matsudo/Kashiwa Campus Plant Database

Details of genus: ×Brassocattleya [76]

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accepted: Accepted

Family: Orchidaceae

family_ja: ラン

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description_en: Bigeneric hybrid genus, a cross of Brassavola and Cattleya, consisting of several hundred evergreen, epiphytic orchids derived from Central American species. They have stout, club-shaped, sheathed pseudobulbs and 1 or 2 semi-rigid, oblong to oblong-lance-shaped, leathery leaves. Showy, fragrant flowers, with frilled lips, are borne in racemes arising from sheaths at the leaf bases in spring or autumn; each scape produces 1 or 2 flowers. These orchids are often loosely referred to as cattleyas.

hardiness_en: Frost tender.

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propagation_en: Divide when the plant fills the pot and "flows" over the sides, or pot up backbulbs separately.

pests_en: Scale insects, red spider mites, aphids, and mealybugs may be troublesome.

description_ja:

comment: Brassavola x Catleya

comment_ja: ブラソカトレヤ

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Update Information: Created: 2007-12-06 12:51; Updated: 2022-05-04 09:42

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