Catasetum laminatum Lindl. 1840

Another View Photos courtesy of Jay Pfahl

Female Flower Photos courtesy of Jesus Cid

Male Flower in situ in Mexico

Female flower en situ Photos courtesy of Weyman Bussey

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Common Name The Scaled Catasetum

Flower Size 3 1/4" [8 cm]

This is a medium sized, hot to warm growing, Mexican, epiphytic species found at medium altitudes in deciduous forests and at lower elevations in deciduous jungle that blooms on a basal or lateral [from within a brown leaf sheath], erect, several flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a newest forming pseudobulb and occurring in the early to late summer and requires light to moderate shade.

Synonyms Catasetum lamilatum Beer ?; Catasetum laminatum var. eburneum Lindl. 1840; Catasetum laminatum var. maculatum Lindl. 1840

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; The World Of Catasetum Holtz 1999; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 3 1998 drawing; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002

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