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Catasetum macrocarpum is a species of Catasetum found in South America.
Description[]
Plant blooms from summer to fall with several 7.5 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant.
Distribution[]
Plant is found growing in Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Surina, French Guiana, Brazil, Nicaragua, Argentina and Trinidad at elevations of 0 to 1300 meters.
Culture[]
Grow in intermediate to warm conditions with partially bright light. Water regularly during growing season and when plants drop leaves during dormancy reduce watering. During dormancy only water about twice a month to keep pseudobulbs from shriveling. Resume watering normally when new growths occur in spring. Plants can die easily from over watering. Plants are usually grown in bark with perlite, cork, full sphagnum moss, and tree fern
Naming[]
Common name: Large-Fruited Catasetum
Synonyms[]
- Catachaetum claveringii (Lindl.) Hoffmanns. 1842
- Catasetum clavingii Lindley ex Van Jeel 1829
- Catasetum costatum Rchb.f. 1887
- Catasetum floribundum Hooker 1825
- Catasetum grandis hort. ex Planchon
- Catasetum linguiferum Schlechter 1925
- Catasetum macrocarpum var amplissimum Planch. 1858
- Catasetum macrocarpum var bellum Rchb.f 1886
- Catasetum macrocarpum var brevifolium Mutel. 1840
- Catasetum macrocarpum var carnosissimum Cogn. 1895
- Catasetum macrocarpum var chrysanthum Lind & Rodig. 1889
- Catasetum macrocarpum var clavingerii Lindl 1832
- Catasetum macrocarpum var genuinum Mutel. 1840
- Catasetum macrocarpum var globoso-connivens Mutel 1840
- Catasetum macrocarpum var. mechelyncki Mutel 1840
- Catasetum macrocarpum var. pallidum Mutel 1840
- Catasetum macrocarpum var. unidentatum Mutel 1840
- Catasetum macrocarpum var. viridi-purpureum Mutel 1840
- Catasetum macrocarpum var. viridi-sanguineum Mutel 1840
- Catasetum menthaedorum hort. ex Planchon
- Catasetum tricolor Hort. ex Planchon
- Catasetum tridentatum Hooker 1824
- Cypripedium cothurnum Vell. 1831
- Paphiopedilum cothurnum (Vell.) Pfitzer 1895