Catasetum semicirculatum F.E.L.Miranda 1986
Inflorescence Photo by © Fabian Ornaghi
Common Name The Semi-Circular Catasetum [refers to the semi-circular keels on the callus near the base of the lip]
Flower Size 2.2" [5.6 cm]
Found in Rondônia state of Brazil in rainforests on palms at elevations of 100 to 300 meters as a medium sized, hot growing epiphyte with fusiform to ellipic, clustered pseudobulbs enveloped completely by imbricate, leafless and higher up leaf-bearing sheaths and carrying to 8, oblanceolate, pliate leaves that blooms in the summer on a male, arching to pendant, 12" [30 cm] long, to 15 flowered infloresence
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 56 No 6 1987 photo; A World of Catasetum Holst 1999; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilenses Vol I Plate 038 Castro & Campacci 2000 drawing fide
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