| Brassavola nodosa | photo C. Solimbergo | |
| taxonomy | described by | (Linnaeus) Lindley, John |
| published in | The Genera and Species of Orchidaceus Plants 114 - 115 1831 | |
| Family | Orchidaceae | |
| Subfamily | Epidendroideae | |
| Tribe | Epidendreae | |
| Subtribe | Laeliinae | |
| Genus | Brassavola R. Brown 1813 | |
| metabolism | CAM pathway, stomata of the leaves are open at night. | |
| (K.Silvera, L.S. Santiago, J.C. Cushman, K. Winter - International Symposium on Plant Biology, August 2013 | ||
| it is useful give the soluble mineal nutriens, on the roots. | ||
| native of | origins | forests of Carabbean, Guyana, Mexico (Campeche, Chiapas, Arriaga, Quintana Roo, San Luis Potosì, Tabasco, |
| Oaxaca, Tamaulipas, Veracruz, Yucatan), Belize (Corozal, Toledo, Stann Creek), Guatemala (Escuintla, Izabal, | ||
| Quetzaltenango, Retalhuleu, Zacapa), Honduras (Choluteca, Colon, Puerto Lempira, Roatàn), Costa Rica (Limon, | ||
| Guanacaste, Bagaces, Nandayure, Puntarenas, Golfito, Osa), Panama (Bocas del Toro, Canal Area, Coclè, | ||
| Panamà, Veraguas), Venezuela (Aragua, Carabobo, Falcòn, Lara, Merida, Zulia), Colombia (Antioquia, Turbo, | ||
| Chocò, Acandi, Riosucio) | ||
| altitude | 0 - 562 (950) m (0 - 1855 (3135) ft) | |
| habitat | climate informations from Santiago (Veraguas, Panama) | |
| Köppen climate classification : Am, tropical monsoon climate (a dry season and a wet season very rainy) | ||
| the weather station data (temperatures are calculated for an altitude of 300 m / 990 ft) : | ||
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| photoperiod | in Santiago this orchid bloom with a photoperiod, that varies during the year, from 12 h 32 m' to 11 h 28 m' | |
| life form | epiphyte or litophyte | |
| brightness | partial shade | |
| inflorescence | length | 25 - 35 cm (10" - 14"), apical |
| nr flowers | 3 - 6, fragrants | |
| size | single flower 9 L 10 cm (3.6" L 4") - inflorescence 13 L 15 cm (5.2" L 6") | |
| duration | inflorescence ≈ 30 days | |
| time | to bloom from birth, ≈ 50 days | |
| CITES | appendix | II |
