~Brassia longissima [Rchb.f]Nash 1914 - See B. arcugiera Rchb.f 1869 Photo courtesy of Jay Pfahl

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Flower Size occasionally up to 21" [to 50 cm]

Very similar to Brassia lawrenceana Lindley 1841 and is also similar to Brassia arcuigera Rchb.f 1869, and is found in Peru north to Costa Rica, I grow mine on tree fern in bright sun-dappled light and regular year round watering gives a spring blooming on a 1 1/2' [45 cm] long, suberect to arching, many flowered inflorescence with fragrant, rather long-lived flowers that is a warm to hot growing orchid.

Synonyms *Brassia lawrenceana Lindley var. longissima Rchb.f 1868

References W3 Tropicos [http://mobot.mobot.org/W3T/Search/vast.html] , Kew Monocot list [ http://www.kew.org/wcsp/home.do ], IPNI [ http://www.us.ipni.org/ipni/plantsearch?request_type=search&output_format=query&ret_defaults=on ]; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa rica and Panama Dressler 1993; Orchids of Panama Williams 1985 as B lawreceana var longissima; Orchids of Peru Schweinfurth 1960;

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