Catasetum cernuum [Lindley]Rchb.f 1863 SUBGENUS Catasetum SECTION Isoceras SUBSECTION Divaricatae
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Common Name The Nodding Catasetum
Flower Size 1 1/2" [3.75 cm]
This species is from Trinidad, Venezuela and Sao Paulo, Rio de Janiero and Minas Gerais states of Brazil in hillside forests at elevations of 200 to 1500 meters as a medium sized, hot to cool growing epiphytic plant with clustered, fusiform pseudobulbs carrying 6 to 8, medium green, oblanceolate leaves that blooms in the late spring and summer on a basal, 12' [30 cm] long, several [10 to 15] nodding flowered, arching to pendant raceme arising on a newly forming pseudobulb and requires cool winter nights and moderate shade.
Synonyms Catasetum cernuum var revolutum Cogn 1906; Catasetum cernuum var. typum Hoehne 1942; Catasetum cernuum var umbrosum [Barb. Rddr] Cogn.1902; Catasetum trifidum Hk. 1833; Catasetum umbrosum Barb. Rodr. 1841; Catasetum viride (Lindl.) Lindl. 1841; Monachanthus viridis Lindley 1832; *Myanthus cernuus Lindley 1833
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Symbolae Antillanae Vol VI Orchidaceae Urban 1909; Die Orchideen Schlechter 1915; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing fide; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C cernuum var umbrosum; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C cernuum var revolutum; AOS Bulletin Vol 27 No 10 1958 photo fide; Native Orchids of Trinidad Schultes 1960; Orchids of Peru Schweinfurth 1960; Encyclopedia of Cultivated Orchids Hawkes 1965; Flora de Venezuela Volumen XV Part 4 Foldats 1970; Die Orchideen #1 1-4 tafel 1&2 Rudolph Schlechter 1971 photo fide; Orchidaceae Brasilensis Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1976 drawing fide; An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids Pridgeon 1982; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 26 1584 - 1648 Brieger 1992; Manual of Orchids Stewart 1995; The World Of Catasetum Holtz 1999 photos fide; Icones Orchidacearum Brasilienses II Plate 124 Castro 2006 drawing fide/photo fide; Orchid Digest Vol 80 #4 2016 photo fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 88 #10 2019 drawing fide;
Catasetum cernuum [Lindley]Rchb.f 1863 green variety
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