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Brassia wageneri

Brassia wageneri
Photo: 阿橋 HQ, CC BY-SA 2.0

Brassia wageneri is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from wet tropical South America, grown for its spidery flowers. It needs bright light, good airflow and a mount or open bark mix that dries between waterings.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Epiphyte, Bulb
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water thoroughly when the medium is nearly dry, then let it drain; reduce in cool, dark periods.
Soil
Open epiphytic orchid mix of bark and perlite, or mounted on a slab.
Temperature
18–30 °C; protect below 12 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Brassia wageneri is a species in the family Orchidaceae. It is assessed as least concern by the IUCN Red List of Conservation. Brassia wageneri is found in South America's sub-tropical realms and primarily grows 4-6 inch flowers.

Other Brassia plants

Brassia keiliana · Brassia allenii · Brassia arachnoidea · Arching Brassia · Brassia aurantiaca · Cricket orchid · Brassia cochleata · Brassia gireoudiana · Brassia lanceana · Brassia macrostachya · Spotted Spider Orchid · Brassia pumila

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Brassia wageneri by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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