Brassia peruviana Poepp. & Endl. 1838 Photo courtesy of Dale and Deni Borders

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Common Name The Peru Brassia

Flower Size

Found in Peru in dry thickets as a large sized, cool to hot growing epiphyte with globose pseudobulbs that are the smallest in the genus and carries large, long leaves that blooms on a shorter, suberect to arching, many flowered inflorescence occuring in the late spring and summer.

Synonyms Oncidium peruvianum (Poepp. & Endl.) Rchb. f. 1863

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchid Species Culture: Oncidium, Bakers 2006; Orchids of Peru Williams 1960