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Origin |
Brazil |
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Plant description |
Secondary stems are 6-8
cm long, with two to three nodes with sheath, and the leaves
run 20-40 cm, with a diameter up to 10 mm. |
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Growing |
History about B. fragrans
in cultivation is not well recorded. My plant mounted on a piece
of cork and has been doing fine. I suspect that this species
would grow well warm to intermediate conditions. |
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Blooming Season |
Not very well recorded.
Many sources said that they bloom range from early summer to
early winter. Mine bloom in August, 99, first bloom since I bought
the plant, and in 2000, it blooms in June. Another plant I just
acquired (pictured) bloomes in July this year. |
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Flower size and shape |
The sepals and petals
measure 3-4.5 cm with the petals are distinctly narrower, and
the lateral sepals are wider than the dorsal sepal. Lip is 2.5-3
cm wide and 3.5-4 cm long. |
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Colors and fragrance |
Flower has greenish white
sepals and petals without spotting. Lip is white with green/sulfur
throat. |
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Comments |
In my opinion, there
is a distinction between B. flagellaris and B. fragrans flowers,
specially the lip and its sizes. B. flagellaris has green color
vs. yellow of B. fragrans, and the flowers are noticeable larger. |
B.
fragrans (Paraguay)
B.
fragrans (Paraguay) - Another
clone from different source. The picture shows two spikes with
seven flowers. This species does have a fragrant at night, in
contrary to some believes that they are odorless.