Catasetum charlesworthii (Mansf.) Jenny 1998 SUBGENUS Catasetum SECTION Isoceras SUBSECTION Convergentes Photo by © Eerika Shulz

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Common Name Charlesworth's Catasetum [English Orchid Nursery 1800's]

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Found in Venezuela as an epiphyte that is similar to C sanguineum but differs in the terminal end of the lip that has a medium sized comb with the base of each tooth being filiform.

Synonyms Catasetum naso var. charlesworthii Mansf. 1932

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 as C naso var charlesworthii; Orchids of Peru Vol 3 Schweinfurth 1960 as C naso var charlesworthii; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1C lieferung 44-45 pg 2763 - 2898 Brieger 2001

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