Ctsm. tenebrosum 'St. Francis' x self

[Hawaiian Sunshine]

This Catasetum just opened for me this week. This is a first bloom. The tepals of the flowers are dark, almost black-brown. The lip and column are apple green. I found the flowers to be very unusual. They really stood out among the others.

[Shirley]

Nice one! That is a really interesting plant, never seen anything like it!

[gixrj18]

Wow! This was the first Catasetum I bought, and it had the female flowers. This is the first time I've seen the male flowers, I can't believe how much different they are! Mine got a fungus, and I had to remove all the bulbs (except one). It's back up to two now, but I don't know if I'll get a bloom out of it this year....but my macrocarpum and integerrimum are getting ready to bloom, at the same time! Great blooms!

[isurus79]

Very nice! Im curious about the timing of your flowers. Did you get flowers during p-bulb growth, or did your p-bulbs mature and then throw out a spike? I ask because I have a tenebrosum that has had several mature bulbs for several months now and no flowers! Would you be able to throw in a pic of the whole plant as well?? Thanks a bunch!

[whygreenberg]

Wow!! What wild blooms. So sculptural. And the coloring is great! Nice growing!

[gixrj18]

Only on mature bulbs. This is the second spike this month for macrocarpum (from the same bulb), and would be the second for integerrimum....but the first spike got broken. Please excuse the flash photography and foggy lens, it's dark and reeeeeally humid out there!
The big one is integerrimum.

[pheli]

Good job! The flowers are really pretty.

[Psyguy10]

wow that is cool, i love the tepals

[nancy]

Very arresting! This flower is always unusual, but this color combination is really spectacular. A beauty.
Regards - Nancy

[cb977]

Awesome! What an eye-opener!