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| Original Paintings |
| Patricia Laspino |
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| Windswept Brasso |
| Original Oil on Canvas, 48" x 60" Gallery Wrapped on 1 1/2" Depth Stretcher Bar |
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American Orchid Society - Director of Education Note:
Windswept Brasso takes its inspiration from Brassavola nodosa, a widespread species found from Mexico southward
through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. The history of this species dates back nearly 100 years before the
Linnean system of binomial names was established; described and pictured in 1691 and again in 1698 and is the first
tropical orchid to be cultivated in Europe. First known as Viscum arboretum, Epidendron flore albo specioso Americanum,
foliis forma siliquarum Nerii in 1691 and Epidendron corassavicum orchii affinis folio crasso Sulcato in 1968, the simple
binomial Brassavola nodosa doesn’t seem so strange after all. Brassavola nodosa prefers bright light and basket or slab
culture. Known in Latin America as the "Lady of the Night", this species is powerfully fragrant during the evening and
nighttime hours to attract the moths that pollinate them. Their flowers can last, under optimum conditions for up to two
months and plants can be flowered more than once a year. These traits have been passed along to many modern day
hybrids which exhibit excellent vigor and tolerance making them great choices for beginning growers.
Windswept Brasso takes its inspiration from Brassavola nodosa, a widespread species found from Mexico southward
through Central America to Colombia and Venezuela. The history of this species dates back nearly 100 years before the
Linnean system of binomial names was established; described and pictured in 1691 and again in 1698 and is the first
tropical orchid to be cultivated in Europe. First known as Viscum arboretum, Epidendron flore albo specioso Americanum,
foliis forma siliquarum Nerii in 1691 and Epidendron corassavicum orchii affinis folio crasso Sulcato in 1968, the simple
binomial Brassavola nodosa doesn’t seem so strange after all. Brassavola nodosa prefers bright light and basket or slab
culture. Known in Latin America as the "Lady of the Night", this species is powerfully fragrant during the evening and
nighttime hours to attract the moths that pollinate them. Their flowers can last, under optimum conditions for up to two
months and plants can be flowered more than once a year. These traits have been passed along to many modern day
hybrids which exhibit excellent vigor and tolerance making them great choices for beginning growers.