Catasetum 



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Catasetum 



CATASETUM. 



Description. A genus (ard. Orchidaceie) con- 

 taining upwards of eighty species of terrestrial and 

 epiphytic Orchids, requiring a &tove temperature: 

 it includes Monacantlius and is allied to Cycnoches 

 and Mormodes. The plants have a curious habit of 

 bearing two or three forms of flowers, some large and 

 fleshv, with pronounced horns, and others smaller, 

 less fleshy, and hornless. The seed- bearers are to 

 be found in the horned section. All the flowers are 

 curious, and many are showy, whilst some are 

 distinctly fragrant. 



macrocarpum helium, pur. 

 br. 



camosissimum ; curi- 

 ous, very fleshy. 



chrvsanthum, bright ycl. 

 maculiitum, 3', Sep., gru., 



spotted pur. 

 saccatum, flower very 



large, sepals and petal's 



spotted pur., lip bright 



yel. 

 splendens, flowers rmich 



like those of Buiigor- 



othii, but with a conical 

 yel. spur. Probably a 

 natural hybrid between 

 that species and macro- 

 carpum. It is very 

 variable, and many 

 vars. are in existence. 

 Alicia;, aurantiacum 

 imperiale, leucantliuin, 

 Lindenii, o'bricniaiuim, 

 regale, rubrum, and 

 washingtonianum, are 

 some of the best. 



Pliolo: Ilussittr,TI,ith. 



CATALVA HIGNO.NIOIDES 



syn 



SYKIXG.EFOLIA), GROWING ix THE BOTANIC GARDEN*, BATH. (See p. 179.) 



Propagation. By division of old plants, back 

 breaks starting from the older pseudo-bulbs. 



Soil. Being epiphytes, Catasetums are at home 

 when fastened to blocks of wood or in baskets, 

 with or without a little sphagnum worked in here 

 and there to hold the moisture. They may also be 

 grown in pots in a mixture of three-fourths of crocks, 

 one-fourth fibrous peat, and a surfacing of 

 sphagnum, but the basket method is the better. 



Other Cultural Points. Plenty of water must 

 be given through the growing period ; afterwards 

 little or none, as they enjoy a rest in the same way 

 as a Dendrobo that is, from the time growth is 

 completed until the new growths begin to push. 



Principal Species and Varieties : 



christyanum, 6" to 9", 

 dark red or chocolate 

 br., grn. lip. 



Bungerothii, pseudo- 

 bulbs, 5" to 9", wh., 

 large and showy. 



album, wh. , lip spotted 

 TO. 



aureum, light yel. 



pottsianum, wh., 



blotched pur. triden 



callosum, 1 , Je., br., yel. iugii). 



obscurum, blk. pur., 



pur. side lobes, 

 macrocarpum, flowers 4" 



in diameter (*//*/*. 



tridentatum and Claver- 



Other Species and Varieties : 



atratum,Jy.,yel.,wh.,pur. viridulum, grn., spotted 

 barbatum, My., grn., pk., red, pur. 



garnettianum, light grn., 



spotted br. ; close to 



barbntum, but smaller, 

 glaucoglossum, br. 

 globirlorum, Je., olive br. 

 Gnomus, spikes IS" loug, 



br., wh. ; rare. 

 Lemosii, 6", grn., yel. 

 longifolium, Aug., gni., 



vel., tipped crim. (//. 



Monacauthus longi- 



pur. 



proboscideum, beard of 

 lip grn. 



spinosum. grn., blotched 

 br., lip wh. 



ciliatum, wh., grn. yel. 



Claveringii (tre macro- 

 carpum). 



cristatum, 2', Aug., grn., 

 lip crested. 



stenosepalum, pur. br., 

 barred dark pur. 



discolor, slender, grn., 

 yel. 



vinosum, wine red. 



ferox, grn., curious, 

 not pretty. 



folius). 

 luridum, grn. 

 macroglossum, grn., vol., 



br., pur.; very variable. 

 Naso, 2', Aug., wh., pur. 

 ochraceum, vel. 



fimhriatum, 6", Aug., pallidum. Close to fine- 



ycl., gru. 



Coigniimxii, wh., pur., 

 lip fringrd. 



platyptcrum, grn. , wh. , 

 br. 



tianum, but shorter 

 sepals and petals. 

 I'lia-'iiri. grn., brn., close 

 to Gnomus. 



