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05-07-2017, 11:00 AM
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C. maculatum female flowers?
I had this ID'd as C. maculatum but now looking at female maculatum flowers online I'm thinking it might be something else. Any ideas?
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05-07-2017, 02:04 PM
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Just got some catasetum hybrids from Fred Clarke and my knowledge is embryonic. I'm under the impression that female flowers look this way,hooded. The experts will tell you what's up!
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05-07-2017, 03:24 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DeaC
Just got some catasetum hybrids from Fred Clarke and my knowledge is embryonic. I'm under the impression that female flowers look this way,hooded. The experts will tell you what's up!
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Yeah, I got that mixed up. Thanks! I edited the original post to correct the mistake.
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05-08-2017, 09:38 PM
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Tough to tell with the female flowers! Is that pollen cap hanging off the left flower in the top pic?
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05-09-2017, 02:30 AM
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With the female flowers it is always a difficult call. Some groups of Catasetum species have identical female morphology. The lip may differ in depth of the hood and the edge (the C. sanguineum group has a slight appendage topwise, as ex.) In short, this looks to be C. maculatum, but it could be a sister species. It is NOT from the pileatum group or the saccatum or sanguineum groups. Narrows it down a bit.
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05-10-2017, 11:40 AM
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I love the shot with all the bees attracted to the blooms.
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05-13-2017, 09:41 AM
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Try and "trigger" a pollen release ? I don't know specifically with maculatum but if you gently press down on the bee landing pad, the pollinia should "fling" out. In the one photo on the left it does appear that a pollinia was triggered - obvious candidate is a bee.
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05-13-2017, 10:40 AM
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The flowers are spent and the stems are a bit swollen, maybe seed pods are developing, which would be a pretty sure sign that they were female flowers. A new growth is developing as well. If it turns out to be a flower stalk, I'll check to see if they have pollen. Do Catasetum also produce perfect flowers, ones that are both male and female?.
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05-13-2017, 01:02 PM
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Female flowers don't have pollen to trigger.
Yes, plants can produce individual flowers of both sexes on the same inflorescence; on different inflorescences; and they can produce perfect flowers (having female and male parts.)
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