Catasetum albovirens Barb.Rodr. 1877 Photo courtesy of Katia Seagull and Her Orchid Web Site

Common Name or Meaning The White and Green Catasetum

Flower Size 2" [5 cm]

Found in Para state of Brazil near the coast in an area that does not experience a dry season, as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with curved pseudobulbs enveloped by shaggy old sheaths and carrying6, elliptic-lanceolate, very thick and leathery, plicate, 3 nerved, acute leaves that blooms in the fall on a basal to above the base, erect then arching, to 16" [40 cm] long, to 12 flowered inflorescence arising on a newly maturing pseudobulb and carrying small non-resupinate flowers. Very similar to and often cited as a synonym of C lemosii but current thought is that they are 2 distinct species.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; The World Of Catasetum Holst 1999