Catasetum reichenbachianum Mansf. 1930 SUBGENUS Catasetum SECTION Isoceras Photo by © Ze Ponozo

Drawing Drawing by © Hoehne and The Swiss Orchid Foundation at the Jany Renz Herbaria Website

Common Name Reichenbach's Catasetum [German Botanist 1800's]

Flower Size 2.5" [3.75 cm]

Found in northern and northeastern Brazil with robust pseudobulbs carrying plicate leaves taht blooms on male, relatively short, 6 to 12" [15 to 30 cm] long, horizontal except for the apex which curves and becomes pendent, densely many flowered inflorescence .

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References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Flora Brasilica Vol XII VI Hoehne 1942 drawing fide; Orchidaceae Brasilienses Band 1 Pabst & Dungs 1975 drawing fide; Rudolf Schlechter Die Orchideen Band 1B lieferung 26 1584 - 1648 Brieger 1992; The World Of Catasetum Holtz 1999 drawing fide

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