Object Details
- Description
- This medium sized orchid has drooping, pencil thin foliage and a drooping flower. The spidery, white to slightly red flower is unique among Brassavolas for having a frilly lip. Despite this, this orchid is the type species for the genus.
- Pollination Syndrome
- Moth
- Provenance
- From a cultivated plant not of known wild origin
- Accession Number
- 2007-1214A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Arching to horizontal inflorescence is 8" (20 cm) long with a single pale flower. Flower is 6.25-8" (16-20 cm) across. Flowers that bloom later in the season and go through a cold snap, will have a slight reddish color.
- Fragrance
- Musty, soap (at night)
- Plant Size
- 10-18" x 3-5" (25-46 x 8-13 cm)
- Range
- Mexico to N South America, Caribbean
- Habitat
- Coastal rainforests; 0-5900ft (0-1800m)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- Daddy Long-Legs Orchid
- Hooded Brassavola
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Brassavola
- Species
- cucullata
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2007-1214A
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ax77a9884f7-7ad9-4f79-afe7-5a65648741b6
