Catasetum saccatum Lindl.
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Authority
Schweinfurth, Charles. 1967. Orchidaceae of the Guayana Highland. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 14: 69-214.
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Family
Orchidaceae
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Scientific Name
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Description
Distribution and Ecology - VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Along Caño Tamá-Tamá, (a black-water caño on right bank of Rio Orinoco just above Tamd-Tamd), 150 m alt., occasional epiphyte, flowers greenish white, June 23, 1959, J. J. Wurdack & L. S. Adderley 43141 (female plant) ; along Caño Magua, left bank of Rio Orinoco 6 km above the mouth of Rio Atabapo, 125 m alt., occasional epiphyte on dead trees, flowers pale green becoming orange-yellow in age, August 7, 1959, Wurdack & Adderley 43790 (female plant). BRITISH GUIANA (type), BRAZIL and PERU.
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Distribution
VENEZUELA. Amazonas: Along Caño Tamá-Tamá, (a black-water caño on right bank of Rio Orinoco just above Tamd-Tamd), 150 m alt., occasional epiphyte, flowers greenish white, June 23, 1959, J. J. Wurdack & L. S. Adderley 43141 (female plant) ; along Caño Magua, left bank of Rio Orinoco 6 km above the mouth of Rio Atabapo, 125 m alt., occasional epiphyte on dead trees, flowers pale green becoming orange-yellow in age, August 7, 1959, Wurdack & Adderley 43790 (female plant). BRITISH GUIANA (type
Venezuela South America| Brazil South America| Peru South America| Guyana South America|