Brassavola cordata (subulifolia)
 

Went to the garden show this weekend, to see my long time buddy David Bird. He's a breeder, retailer, etc, etc, and he and his oldest daughter Vashti forget more in a day about orchids than I've known in a lifetime. I went to visit, not to buy. But of course he brought a couple of half priced "deals" for me. He knows what a sucker I am.

I got my first Brass. recently from a beloved friend, Brassavola nodosa. Some of you may remember me splitting it mostly in bark, a start in SH, to see how it would fare. That's a story for another day. So of course he brings me a big ol' Brassavola cordata. I'm putting it into SH after it blooms. So now with two, I'm officially growing Brass. now. :biggrin:

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...cordata_1_.JPG

http://www.orchidboard.com/community...cordata_2_.JPG

Zoweee

And "they", whoever "they" are, say it has a really brisk citrusy scent at night. This is now officially confirmed after a couple of evenings sitting by it. Who knew?

I am really in love with this one.

lovely display! this one's really floriferous. :)

Beautiful. The description of the scent being citrusy sounds great! I haven't even heard of orchids having citrusy scents before, so this is very nice to hear indeed.

i have to second that they do- I have a few, mostly catt or LCs that are all lemon and orange and whatever an Etrog is in Hebrew, but in English

lc big time comes to my mind the most


i also keep coming back to this thread because i am obsessed- this is like a spectabile version of a nodosa!!

Off topic but related by fragrance... for citrus, hard to beat the lemony Rhyncholaelia digbyana, especially in the evening.

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Citron

Thank you Roberta!

That is the exact scent my lc big time has.

Beautiful! This is one I've been looking for as well. Tougher to find than I remember.