Catasetum rooseveltianum Hoehne 1916 SUBGENUS Orthocatacetum SECTION Anisoceras C rooseveltianum Alliance Photo courtesy of © Dalton Holland Baptista © and Orchidstudium

Amother Flower Photo courtesy of JEM Orchids

Another Flower Photo courtesy of Dalton Holland Baptiste

EARLY

Common Name Roosevelt's Catasetum [Named to honor the US President]

Flower Size 1 3/5" [4 cm]

This is a medium sized, hot growing epiphytic species found in Mato Grosso state, Brazil and Bolivia in savannahs at elevations around 400 meters on palm trees along rivers that with fusiform, some curved pseuduobulbs carrying linear-lanceolate, plicate leaves that blooms on a basal, erect to pendant, 8"+ [20+ cm] long, racemose, several [6] flowered inflorescence arising on leafless mature psuedobulbs occurring in the fall and early winter. This plant requires shady, airy, sparsely watered conditions and should be mounted in a way to let the psuedobulbs arch downwards.

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Pabst & Dungs 1976; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 5 1987 photo; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Series II Orchids of Bolivia plate 0309 Dodson & Vasquez 1989 drawing fide; The World Of Catasetum Holtz 1999 photo fide;

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