Catasetum alatum M.F.F.Silva & A.T.Oliveira 2001 publ. 2002 SUBGENUS Catasetum SECTION Catasetum
Inflorescence Photos by © Dan Souza
Common Name The Winged Catasetum
Flower Size 2.8" [7 cm]
Found in Rondonia Brazil in Amazon rainforests at elevations of 100 to 200 meters as a small sized, hot growing epiphyte with green, fusiform, sulcate, erect pseudobulbs carrying lanceolate, concave leaves that blooms on a masculine, pendant, clear-green, 9.6" [to 24 cm] long, to 6 or more flowered inflorescence with resupinate flowers.
The female inflorescence I have not seen.
Synonyms
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list ,
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