Catasetum matogrossense Bicalho 1964 SUBGENUS Catasetum SECTION Isoceras SUBSECTION Convergentes
Inflorescence Photos by © Ada Benelli
Common Name The Mato Grosso Catasetum
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in Mato Grosso state of Brazil as a small sized, warm growing epiphyte with subfusiform pseudobulbs carrying lanceolate, acuminate, plicate, 3 nerved, gradually narrowing below into the shortly petiolate base leaves that blooms in the fall on a basal, 4.4 to 4.8" [11 to 12 cm] long, few flowered inflorescence
Similar to C fuchsii, C lemosii and C albovirens
Synonyms
ReferencesW3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Orchidaceae Brasailensis Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing ok; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 26 1584 - 1648 Brieger 1992 photo good; The World Of Catasetum Holst 1999;
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