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Catasetum fuchsii is a species of orchid. The plant is a medium sized hot to warm pseudobulbeous epiphyte with clustered, slightly compressed, fusiform, 18 cm (7.1 in) long and 3.8 cm (1.5 in) wide pseudobulbs that are enveloped completely by dry leaf sheaths. It also carries up to 7, linear-oblanceolate, medium green, plicate, 3 prominent veined, up to 40 cm (16 in) long and 8.5 cm (3.3 in) wide leaves. Its flowers blooming season is summer to fall. The flowers are usually a dirty white color with either pink or purple starting from the middle of the flower and fading away in the edge of its petals. It also may have reddish spots.
Like other types of orchid, Catasetum fuchsii is a sun loving plant that needs around 45000 lux and 50% shade. It usually thrives in hot to warm conditions (around 18 °C (64 °F)). It must be watered twice a week in regular conditions, but on sunny days it should be watered daily. It can also be fertilized with an appropriate formulation at least every week during the growing season. Like other species of the genus Catasetum, Catasetum fuchsii goes into a leaf-drop state during winter and it is regular for this to happen.
It is found in the department of Santa Cruz in Bolivia, and the Brazillian states of Goiás, Mato Grosso do Sul, Tocantins, and Pará specifically in dry forests and savannahs. It often grows on palms, while farther north it grows on other trees.
Lustrous black Catasetum · Bearded Catasetum · Catasetum callosum · Nodding Catasetum · Catasetum cristatum · Catasetum deltoideum · Catasetum discolor · Expansive Catasetum · Catasetum fimbriatum · Catasetum galeritum · Spheroid-flowered Catasetum · Catasetum hookeri
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Catasetum fuchsii 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.
