Catasetum cernuum [Lindley]Rchb.f 1863

Plant and Inflorescence Photos courtesy of Danny Lentz plant grown by the Atlanta Botanical Garden ©

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Common Name The Nodding Catasetum

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

This species is from Trinidad, Venezuela and Sao Paulo, Rio de janioero and Minas Gerais states of Brazil in hillside forests at elevations of 200 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, hot growing epiphytic plant with clustered, fusiform pseudobulbs carrying 6 to 8, medium green, oblanceolate leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on a basal, 12' [30 cm] long, several [10 to 15] nodding flowered, arching to pendant raceme arising on a newly forming pseudobulb and requires cool winter nights and moderate shade.

Synonyms Catasetum cernuum var revolutum Cogn 1906; Catasetum cernuum var umbrosum [Barb. Rddr] Cogn.1902; Catasetum trifidum Hk. 1833; Catasetum umbrosum Barb. Rodr. 1841; Catasetum viride (Lindl.) Lindl. 1841; Monachanthus viridis Lindley 1836; *Myanthus cernuus Lindley 1833

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 101 1958 photo; Native Orchids of Trinidad Schultes 1960; Flora de Venezuela Foldats Volumen XV Part 4 1970; Die Orchideen #1 1-4 tafel 1&2 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 photo fide; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs 1976; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; The World Of Catasetum Holtz 1999 photos fide; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; Orchids of Peru Schweinfurth 1960; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchisd Pridgeon 1982; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilienses II Plate 124 Castro 2006 drawing fide/photo fide

Catasetum cernuum [Lindley]Rchb.f 1863 green variety Photo by Nelson Machado

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