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Brassia Eternal Wind gx

spider orchid Eternal Wind gx

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

Size
Ultimate height
0.5–1 metres
Time to ultimate height
2–5 years
Ultimate spread
0.5–1 metres
Growing conditions
Loam
Moisture
Well–drained
pH
Neutral
Colour & scent
StemFlowerFoliageFruit
Spring Green Green Yellow Green
Summer Green Green Yellow Green
Autumn Green Green Yellow Green
Winter Green Green Yellow Green
Position
  • Partial shade
Aspect

West–facing or East–facing

Exposure
Sheltered
Hardiness
H1A
Botanical details
Family
Orchidaceae
Native to the UK
No
Foliage
Evergreen
Habit
Pendulous weeping
Genus

Brassia are small to very large epiphytic orchids with ovoid to cylindrical pseudobulbs, each bearing 1-3 strap-shaped leaves and often showy flowers in racemes of up to 12 spider-like fragrant flowers from the bases of the pseudobulbs

Name status

Accepted

How to grow

Cultivation

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

Propagation

Divide plants with 3 fully grown pseudobulbs in each division at time of re-potting. Tease out roots carefully, only discarding the shrivelled ones.

Suggested planting locations and garden types
  • Sub-tropical
Pruning

No pruning required, remove flower spikes after flowering is finished

Pests

May be susceptible to aphids, glasshouse red spider mite and mealybugs

Diseases

Generally disease-free

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