Brassavola perrinii Lindley 1833 SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Conchoglossa
Photo courtesy of © Allen Black
Plant and Flowers in situ Bolivia on cliff
Closer View of Plant and Flowers in situ Bolivia on cliff
Photos by © José Luis Panozo Añez
TYPE Drawing by © John Lindley
Common Name Perrin's Brassavola [English Gardener 1800's]
Flower Size 2.5" to 3" [6.75 to 7.5 cm]
Found in Bolivia, Paraguay, Brazil and possibly Argentina at elevations of 1980 to 2580 meters as a small to medium sized, cool to cold growing epiphyte with slender, terete, stems carrying a single, apical, narrow, terete leaf that blooms in the spring and summer on a short, 3 to 6 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
Said to be a synonym of B tuberculata but I have left them separate for now.
Synonyms Brassavola perrinii var. pluriflora Hauman 1917
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1561 Lindley 1833
Edwards's Bot. Reg. 18: t. 1561 Lindley 1833 Drawing fide
Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915 photo fide;
Anales Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. Buenos Aires 29: 376 Hauman 1917 as B perrinii var pluriflora;
Atlas des Orchidees Cultivees Constantin 1920 drawing ok;
Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965;
Orchidaceae Brasilense Pabst & Dungs 1972;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 as B cebolleta #448 photo fide;
Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II orchids of Bolivia plate 0303 Dodson & Vasquez 1989 drawing ok;
AOS Bulletin Vol 63 No 2 1994 photo;
AOS Bulletin Vol 63 # 11 1994 photo fide;
Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995;
AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 9 1996 photo;
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol V Withner 1998 drawing/photo fide
Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002;;
AOS Bulletin Vol 72 No 5 2003 photo fide;
Orchids of Bolivia Vol 2 Laelinae Vasquez and Ibisch 2004 drawing/photo fide;
Orchid Digest vol 71 #4 Oct, Nov, Dec 2007 drawing/photo fide;
Orchids, A Colombian Treasure Vol 1 Ortiz & Uribe 2014 drawing/photo fide;
Orchids of Tropical America an introduction and guide Meisel 2014 photo ok;
AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 photo fide;
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