Catasetum arietinum F.E.L.Miranda & K.G.Lacerda 1992 Photo courtesy of Katia Seagull and Her Orchid Web Site

Common Name or Meaning The Ram's Horn Catasetum [refers to the curved pseudobulbs being like a rams horn]

Flower Size 1.6" [4 cm]

Found in Pernambuco State of Brazil at elevations of 10 to 100 meters on palm trees as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with clustered, fusiform, spreading to semi-pendant, recurved pseudobulbs carrying 6, plicate, linaer-lanceolate, wavy margins, 3 nerved, acute leaves that blooms in the spring and summer on basal, 8" [20 cm] long, to 20 flowered inflorescnece that arises with a new growth.

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; The World Of Catasetum Holtz 1999; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 022 Castro & Campacci 2000