Catasetum lucis

Catasetum lucis P.Ortiz & Arango, Orquideologia 19: 29 fig (1994).

Catasetum lucis P.Ortiz & Arango, Photo by Orquintal - Orquídeas exóticas

its native range is Colombia.

Latinh Name: 

Catasetum lucis P.Ortiz & Arango

Family: 

Orchidaceae Juss.

Synonym:

Catasetum lucis f. tigrinum P.Ortiz & G.Arango.

English Name:

The Bright Catasetum, Luz's Catasetum (Co-author's Colombian mother Luz Restrepo de Arango current).

Description: 

With erect, cylindric-conical, elongate, sometimes curved pseudobulb carrying about 5, plicate, 3 veined beneath, narrowly linear-ellitic leaves that blooms in the summer on a basal, erect to arcuate, (40 to 150 cm) long, provided with 5 braqcts, 5 to 26 flowered inflorescence.

Distribution:

Colombia.

Ecological:

At elevations around 770 m as a medium sized, warm growing lithophyte.

Flowering times:

Blooms in the summer.

Flower size:

8.0 cm.

Cultivation:

They are known to germinate in ant nests high in the canopy and host ant colonies, which provide the plants with an abundant supply of nitrogen, and they also host ants in cultivation frequently.[5] Most of these species are considered moderately difficult to maintain in cultivation without a greenhouse or Wardian case and some of them defy cultivation. Most of them cannot tolerate dryness and some of them have very specific temperature requirements. Some of these species are ant plants and attract ant colonies and can become a nuisance in cultivation.

Type:

Collector Team:

P.Ortiz V., G.Arango 1052

Type Herbaria:

holotype UJCOL

Distribution Of Types:

Giron, Santander (Colombia, Western South America, Southern America)