Brassavola gardneri Cogn. 1902 SUBGENUS Sessililabia SECTION Prionochila
Photos by © Penha, plant cultivated by Ivan Mendes
TYPE Drawing by © Cogniaux
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Common Name Gardner's Brassavola [English Botanist and Orchid Collector in Brazil later 1800's]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in French Guiana, Surinam and Brazil as a small to medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with an enlarged stem, almost a pseudobulb, much more so than any other Brassavola, enveloped by a single, stout, leaf sheath and a few small ones below and carrying a single, apical, erect, terete, acute leaf that blooms on an erect, 4 to 6 flowered inflorescence carrying night scented flowers.
Said by Kew to be conspecific with Brassavola martiana but differs in the more enlarged stout stems and the lack of hairs on the edge of the lip.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
* Fl. Bras. 3(5): 263 Cogniaux 1901
Fl. Bras. 3(5): 263 Cogniaux 1901 Drawing fide
Orchidaceae Brasilense Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide;
Die Orchideen 3 Auflage Bd 1 Sonderabdruck aus Schlechter Lieferung 10 576 - 632 Brieger, Maatsch and Senghas 1977 drawing fide;
The Cattleyas and Their Relatives Vol 5 Withner 1998;
Orchid Digest vol 71 #4 Oct, Nov, Dec 2007drawing fide;
Orchids of French Guiana Szatchetko, Veyret etal 2012 drawing fide;
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