According to Dr. Withner (in his Cattleyas and their relatives, Volume 5), there are sixteen species under genus Brassavola, spreading throughout the South Americas. It is, no doubt in my opinion, the best reference book on the Brassavola genus. He did cover extensive details on every species, also documented a few that he considered questionable. I highly recommend this book to anyone, especially Brassavola lovers, both for technical reference, and pleasure reading.

What I try to do here is to document what I have, and hopefully to better define the species that I bought from many sources throughout the country (US) and abroad. This site will be updated as more information becomes available. My goal is to have a complete picture set of all Brassavola species, make it a quick reference for those of us want to buy a B. xxxx, but don't know what the flowers are going to look like (hope I don't speak just for myself), or, be able to identify the plant by comparing the flowers.

In this section, I use mostly Dr. Withner's reference for the data provided on each of the species, also my observation on my plants compared with his data.

And last but not least, any comments and/or contribution to further improve this site is always welcome!. Hope you enjoy the site just as much as I build it.

Thanh Nguyen

Below are the Brassavola species in alphabetical order:

I also want to include the Rhyncholaelia digbyana and Rhyncholaelia glauca for reference purposes. These two have been removed from the genus Brassavola to genus Rhyncholeala.

And lastly, the Brassavola Primary Hybrids from my collection. Enjoy!