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 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 ;
Refugium Botanicum Reichenbach 1872 drawing fide; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; The World Of Catasetum Holst 1999 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 3 1998 drawing; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002
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