More compact than its parents B. bracdiana and B. rex, with leaves reaching up to 35cm long and flower stems to 1m bearing up to12 tall, yellow-green scented flowers to 28cm long and 8cm wide with long thin petals and chestnut-brown barring and spots on a frilly lip
0.5-1 metres
0.5-1 metres
| Season | Stem | Flower | Foliage | Fruit |
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Requires day temperatures of 18-29°C and a night minimum of 13°C in good, indirect light. Provide moist, partially shaded, well-ventilated conditions and water freely, applying fertiliser at every third watering and mist twice daily for high humidity; reduce watering in winter and cease watering if temperature falls below 11°C. Re-pot in epiphytic orchid compost every 2-3 years in spring when plant fills and overhangs the pot. See indoor orchid cultivation
Divide plants with 3 fully grown pseudobulbs in each division at time of re-potting. Tease out roots carefully, only discarding the shrivelled ones.
No pruning required, remove flower spikes after flowering is finished
May be susceptible to aphids, glasshouse red spider mite and mealybugs
Generally disease-free