Brassavola nodosa is a small, tough species of orchid native to Mexico (from Tamaulipas south to Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana and French Guiana).[1][2] It is also known as "lady of the night" orchid due to its citrus and gardenia-like fragrance which begins in the early evening. It has been widely hybridized and cultivated for its showy flowers and pleasing scent.
Brassavola nodosa is known for its exceptionally strong fragrance, which is emitted primarily after dark to attract night-pollinating moths. As is typical for moth-pollinated flowers, the scent of B. nodosa is described as "white floral". It is dominated by linalool, benzoates, salicylates, and nerolidol.[3]
The diploid chromosome number of B. nodosa has been determined to be 2n = 40[4]
Brassavola nodosa is a small, tough species of orchid native to Mexico (from Tamaulipas south to Chiapas and the Yucatán Peninsula), Central America, the West Indies, and northern South America (Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana and French Guiana). It is also known as "lady of the night" orchid due to its citrus and gardenia-like fragrance which begins in the early evening. It has been widely hybridized and cultivated for its showy flowers and pleasing scent.
Brassavola venosa es una especie de orquídeas de hábito epifita originaria de Centroamérica.
Es una orquídea de tamaño pequeño, que prefiere el clima cálido y creciendo epifita, cespitosa y que difiere de Brassavola nodosa por la presencia de venas levantadas en el labio y una hoja mucho más amplia, por lo demás, son muy similares. Esta especie tiene tallos lineales y no hinchados subtendidos por brácteas basales, como de papel y con una única hoja apical, carnosa, algo cilíndrica, oblonga, aguda, longitududinalmente canaliculada. Florece en una inflorescencia erecta a pendular, con pocas flores en racimos que surge de una nuevo pseudobulbo maduro desde el invierno hasta la primavera.[1]
Se encuentra desde Honduras a Costa Rica en los bosques secos en elevaciones del nivel del mar de 300 metros.
Brassavola venosa fue descrita por John Lindley en Edwards's Botanical Register 26: t. 39, also misc. 20. 1840.[2]
Ver: Brassavola
venosa: epíteto latino que significa "con venas notables".[3]
Datos: Q4957920
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Especies: Brassavola venosa
Brassavola venosa es una especie de orquídeas de hábito epifita originaria de Centroamérica.
Brassavola venosa là một loài lan.
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