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Catasetum naso

Catasetum naso
Photo: Walter Hood Fitch (1817-1892) del. et lith., William Jackson Hooker (1785-1865) ed., Public domain

Catasetum naso is a pseudobulbous epiphytic orchid from northern South America, native from Colombia to northwestern and northern Venezuela. It is grown for its unusual flowers and needs a warm, humid climate with a distinct dry rest period to bloom well.

Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Light
Bright indirect
Water
Water freely while growing and actively producing new pseudobulbs, then reduce sharply during the dry rest period after leaves drop.
Soil
Open, fast-draining epiphyte mix such as bark or sphagnum with perlite, or mounted on cork or a slab.
Temperature
18-30 °C; protect below 15 °C
How easy
Moderate
Native range
Colombia to NW. & N. Venezuela
Climate
wet tropical

About

Catasetum naso, the nose catasetum, is a species of orchid found from Colombia to Venezuela.

Other Catasetum plants

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

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Catasetum naso by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.

The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.

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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