Catasetum globiflorum Hooker 1842 Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Orchidstudium

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Common Name The Spheroid Flowered Catasetum

Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]

Found in Brazil as a hot to warm growing epiphyte from wet montane forests at elevations of 600 to 1200 meters that blooms on a basal, erect to suberect, 1 1/2' [45 cm] long, many [10 to 15] flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a mature pseudobulb with fleshy, fragrant flowers occurring in the spring and early summer.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1987; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs 1976; The World Of Catasetum Holtz 1999