Catasetum lanciferum
 

It's not an impressive bloom for this species; but I'm very pleased it bloomed at all.


I most definitely wouldn't have been able to keep the plant alive and (hopefully) well without all the precious tips from Cat experts out there :biggrin:


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i love it!

the frills are thrilling

Very nice, it looks like some sort of insect - I'm impressed

Nice fringes!!!

I was not familiar with this cool species, thank for sharing and nice work!

Very cool! So frilling! :rofl:

Those blooms are gorgeous; congrats!! :biggrin:

Beautiful! Does it smell minty?

Thanks all!

My orchids dealer said this species is closely related to Catasetum gladiatorium and barbatum, and is one of the easiest Catasetinae.

It's a first bloom and culture isn't perfect, so it has a lot of room for improvement. Happy plants can be extremely showy and have dozen of flowers at once.



Not that I can tell yet. Flowers have been open for 3-4 days and are still developing, maybe it'll come later?

Looks like a RRRRAAAAAWWWRR Feed me Seymour type bloom. Don't get fingers too close, please!