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Catasetum tabulare

Catasetum tabulare
Photo: Orchi, CC BY-SA 3.0
Family
Orchidaceae (Orchid family)
Grows as
Orchid
Native range
Colombia
Climate
wet tropical

About

Catasetum tabulare, the table-like catasetum, is a species of orchid.

How to grow it

Catasetum tabulare is a sun-loving plant that needs a light level of approximately 45000 lux, 50% shade, and it also endures 40-50% humidity levels but grows best at 70%.

It also goes into a leaf-drop state during winter and it is normal for this to happen.

Where it grows

Catasetum tabulare is a species endemic to Colombia. It grows in rainforests by the Cauca River and its basin. Their natural habitat has a humid, moist, and tropical climate stays for the whole year, including the dry season.

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 tabulare 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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