Catasetum galeritum Rchb.f. 1886 SUBGENUS Catasetum SECTION Isoceras SUBSECTION Convergentes
Another Color Form Photos by Daniel Souza©
Common Name The Small Cap Catasetum [refers to the shape of the pouch of the lip]
Flower Size 2.4" [6 cm]
Found in northern Brazil in transitional forests between rainforests and savannah at elevations of 100 to 300 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with fuisiform to conical, often curved pseudobulbs enveloped completely by leaf sheaths and carrying 6 to 7, oblanceolate, 3 veined, plicate leaves that blooms in the fall to winter on a male, pendant, to 10" [25 cm] long, 7 flowered inflorescence carrying fragrant flowers.
CAUTION I have no way of verifying this determination so please use with caution.
Synonyms Catasetum galeritum var pachyglossum Rchb.f 1889
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C aleritum var pachyglossum; AOS Bulletin VOl 56 No 5 1987 photo fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 26 1584 - 1648 Brieger 1992; The World of Catasetum Holst 1999 photo female only
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