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

to

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

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------