Cattleya Leopoldii Var Albina X Brassavola Nodosa Orchid – 2″ Pot – Collectors

C leopoldii is a standard-size species native to Brazil. It blooms in summer with clusters of waxy, fragrant flowers. The albina form has green flowers with a white, slightly fringed lip. B nodosa is a small species that blooms with sprays of night-fragrant greenish flowers with a heart-shaped white lip. This primary hybrid will likely be compact in size, and fragrant.

They are frequent bloomers, with the heaviest blooms in the fall or winter. These are not especially challenging orchids to grow—if you can grow any of the epiphytic orchids with success, you can grow these. They grow readily in baskets, mounted, or in containers with a soilless orchid mix. Brassavola orchids have long, thin, tubular leaves that can reach up to a foot in length and sometimes appear unrolled or flattened. Brassavola orchids and their hybrids have much smaller pseudobulbs than other epiphytic orchids, so the leaves often appear to arise directly from the rhizome without a thick pseudobulb. The typical Brassavola flower features an enlarged, scoop-like lip with petals and sepals that have narrowed into spear-like shapes.

• Collector Orchids
• Allow growing medium to dry out somewhat between watering
• Intermediate-Warm
• Grow in an east, west or lightly shaded south window
• Immediate shipping in a 2″ pot