What is Brassia?
are usually called spider orchids, 50 species of plants in the family brassia belong to orchidaceae or orchids, family. These plants come from wet forest habitats in parts of Central America and South America regions. Their appearance similar to spiders attracts parasitic, killing wasps, which usually puts on spiders. The wasp, which is confused by the spave, lays eggs on flowers, transmitting pollen from flower to flower and pollinating the plant. Many orchid varieties are popular with gardeners. They come from their nutrition from the air. The epiphytic plant is usually held by host plants with air roots. Another characteristic of the plant brassia is its pseudo -skill or false bulb. In the spider orchids there is a large stem that rises from the rhizome, which is the root stem produces stems and roots. They generally move in yellow-green to medium green and can be cylindrical, spherical or ovate. Depending on the type and diversity have brassia Orchids usually two to three long narrow, leather leaves. These leaves often range between 7 and 16 inches (about 18 to 40 cm) long, but the size varies according to varieties and species. They usually have up to 2.5 inches (about 6 cm) wide and solid colors.
When the plant blooms, a long slightly vaulted stem rises from the pseudo -skirt and carries flowers from the top of the stem. These stems usually range from 16 inches (about 40 cm) to more than 18 inches (about 46 cm) long and can carry 12 fragrant flowers. When the rhizomes have several nodes, each producing leaves and flowers, the plant can resemble an exotic bouquet. Growers often seaporal rhizomes to produce singular, simple plant samples.
The shapes of petals and segments or segments of the chalice create an exotic shape of flowers brassia orchids. They are so long and narrow that they resemble the feet of spiders; When they accumulate together they look jaKo cobweb site. On most plants brassia , a short tongue similar to lip is hanging between the lower classes and looks like an imaginary spider body. Sometimes flowers are so closely placed on the stem that they resemble giant, pointed caterpillars that crawl from the leaves.
Color Brassia flowers ranges from species to species and differs in cultivars of different species. b. Caudata has light green separated and petals that are seen and silent brown, especially near the base. The triangular lip is light yellow with reddish -brown spots. b. Lawrenceana has green or yellow flowers with red-violet spots and White, a lip-shaped diamond with very little purple spots on the base.
b. The crank stem Verrucosa can grow from 12 to 30 inches (about 30 to 75 cm) long, germinate from medium green pseudobulb, which diameters 3 inches (about 7 cm) long and 2.5 inches (about 6 cm) wide. Flowers are yellow to green, marked with reddish -brown spots and canmeasure from 4 inches (about 10 cm) wide and 5 or 6 inches (about 12 to 15 cm) long. Some cultivars have flowers that measure up to 10 inches (25 cm) long. RT tongue is often white and seen with dark green or brown, wart spots. In the wild it usually grows in southern Mexico and Venezuela, but growers around the world have it like house plants.