Catasetum laminatum Lindl. 1840 SUBGENUS Catasetum SECTION Catasetum
Another View Photos by © Jay Pfahl
Female Flower Photos by © Jesus Cid
Male Flower in situ in Mexico Female flower in situ Photos by © Weyman Bussey Common Name The Scaled Catasetum
Flower Size 3 1/4" [8 cm]
This is a medium sized, hot to warm growing, Mexican, epiphytic species found at medium altitudes in deciduous forests and at lower elevations in deciduous jungle that blooms in the summer on a basal or lateral [from within a brown leaf sheath], erect, several flowered, racemose inflorescence arising on a newly forming pseudobulb
This species requires light to moderate shade.
Synonyms Catasetum lamilatum Beer ?; Catasetum laminatum var. eburneum Lindl. 1840; Catasetum laminatum var. maculatum Lindl. 1840
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ;
Refugium Botanicum Reichenbach 1872 drawing fide; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing fide; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C laminatum var eburneum; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C laminatum var maculatum; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 26 1584 - 1648 Brieger 1992; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 #3 1998 drawingfide; The World Of Catasetum Holst 1999 drawing fide; AOS Bulletin Vol 67 No 3 1998 drawing; Botanica's Orchids Laurel Glen 2002
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