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CATASETUM VIRIDIFLAVUM 
Green and Yellow Catasetum 
Native of Central America 
Family OrcHmackat Orcnip Family 
Catasetum viridiflasum Hook. Bot. Mag. pl. 4017. 1843. 
An epiphytic orchid. ‘The pseudobulbs are leafy, up to four or 
five inches long. The leaves are broadly oblanceolate, eight to 
ten inches long, three- to-five-nerved, recurved, the apex acute, 
gradually narrowed from above the middle to a long narrow petiole- 
like base. The inflorescence is simple, of three to six or more 
This species was discovered by Barclay on the Pacific side of 
Central America, while engaged as government botanist on H. M. 
S. Sulphur. Living plants were sent to the Royal Botanic Gardens, 
at Kew, England, and flowered there during the summer of 1842. 
The plant from which the accompanying illustration was prepared 
formed part of a collection of Panama orchids purchased by the 
New York Botanical Garden in 1907. Living plants were also 
secured by Percy Wilson in Honduras in 1903. 
Grorce V. Nasu. 
EXPLANATION OF PLaTE. Fig. 1.—Pseudobulb and leaves. Fig. 2.—Portion 
of inflorescence. 
