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Bearded Catasetum

Catasetum barbatum

Bearded Catasetum
Photo: Maarten Sepp, CC BY-SA 4.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
Trinidad to S. Trop. America
Climate
wet tropical

About

Catasetum barbatum, the bearded catasetum, is a species of orchid. It occurs commonly in Amazonas and Central Brazil. It is found in a wide variety of open, lowlands habitats, mostly riparian. It is unique in having male, female, and hermaphroditic flowers, pollinated by male euglossine bees.

Other Catasetum plants

Lustrous black Catasetum · Catasetum callosum · Nodding Catasetum · Catasetum cristatum · Catasetum deltoideum · Catasetum discolor · Expansive Catasetum · Catasetum fimbriatum · Catasetum fuchsii · Catasetum galeritum · Spheroid-flowered Catasetum · Catasetum hookeri

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Catasetum barbatum by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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