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(Last Modified On 1/18/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/18/2013)
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Species
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CATASETUM WARCZEWITZII Lindl. & Paxt.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Paxton's Flow. Gard. 1:45, fig. 29. 1850-51.
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Synonym
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Catasetum scurra Rchb. f. in Gard. Chron. 1003. 1872.
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Description
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Dwarf epiphytic herbs, with clustered, stout, ovate, acute pseudobulbs 3-9 cm. tall and 2-4 cm. wide, often becoming conspicuously ridged and wrinkled with age, nearly identical in appearance with those of Catasetum bicolor. Leaves 4-6, elliptic-lanceolate, plicate, ultimately deciduous, 12-40 cm. long and 2.5-8 cm. wide, the broad imbricating bases enveloping the pseudobulbs, persistent for a year or more after the blades have fallen, drying grayish white, the strong midribs projecting beyond the old suture line as sharp spines, clustered at the apex of the old pseudobulbs. Inflorescences laxly pendent, unbranched racemes from the base of the pseudobulbs. Flowers perfect, 5-8, relatively large and conspicuous. Sepals membranaceous, white or greenish white, striped pale green, dorsal sepal concave, erect, ovate, obtuse, 10-12 mm. long and 8-10 mm. broad, laterals spreading, adnate at the base, obliquely ovate, obtuse, 15-18 mm. long and 10-14 mm. wide. Petals membranaceous, subequal to the sepals, white or greenish white, striped pale green, spreading, concave, ovate, obtuse, 10-12 mm. long and 10-12 mm. wide. Lip 3-lobed, white or greenish white, striped pale green, the base saccate and somewhat fleshy, hinged to the base of the column, the lateral lobes erect, the anterior margins spreading, fimbriate, mid-lobe reflexed, the apex strongly fimbriate. Column short, the under-surface without antennae, inflated at the apex, 6-7 mm. long.
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Distribution
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Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, and Venezuela.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Gatun Lake, sea level, Powell 60; Frijoles, sea level, Powell 3477. PANAMA: Rio La Maestra, 0-25 m., Allen 57; drowned forest below the Rio Indio Hydro- graphic station, 70 m., Steyermark 17379; without definite locality, Pring s. n. COCLE: El Valle de Anton, 600 m., Allen 39i6; El Valle, 1800 ft., Fairchild s. n.
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Note
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A frequent species found in the lowlands of both coasts, and at least on the Pacific slope up to about 3000 ft. elevation.
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