Catasetum


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Noun1.Catasetum - genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescencesCatasetum - genus of tropical American orchids having showy male and female flowers usually on separate inflorescences
genus Catasetum
liliopsid genus, monocot genus - genus of flowering plants having a single cotyledon (embryonic leaf) in the seed
family Orchidaceae, orchid family, Orchidaceae - enormous cosmopolitan family of perennial terrestrial or epiphytic plants with fleshy tubers or rootstocks and unusual flowers
Catasetum macrocarpum, jumping orchid - orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected
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As soon as three Orchidean forms (Monochanthus, Myanthus, and Catasetum), which had previously been ranked as three distinct genera, were known to be sometimes produced on the same spike, they were immediately included as a single species.
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4, "Growing Catasetinae (Catasetum) Orchids" by Richard Anthony Lao Sept.
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During the last decade two orchid species previously unknown for the Central Valley were collected along the Quebrada Negritos stream that runs along the edge of this preserve: Catasetum maculatum Kunth, a small, immature plant fallen from a Cedrela odorata L.
Los habitats olvidados en conservacion: la vegetacion de estados sucesionales tempranos
Gerlach, "Notes on pollination ecology and floral scent chemistry of the rare neotropical orchid Catasetum galeritum Rchb.f.," Plant Species Biology, vol.
A Preliminary Checklist of the Orchid Bees (Hymenoptera: Apidae: Euglossini) of Ecuador
Esto corresponde a ocho especies (Aechmea bracteata (Sw.) Griseb., Catasetum integerrimum Hook., Selenicereus testudo (Karw.
Relacion entre variables del forofito y la riqueza de epifitas vasculares en los Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco, Mexico/Relationship between phorophyte variables and vascular epiphyte richness in the Pantanos de Centla, Tabasco, Mexico
Catasetum Rich, ex Kunth is a genus of 95 species and 7 natural hybrids found in Brazil, of which 28 species are found in Mato Grosso State.
Anatomy and micromorphometric analysis of leaf Catasetum x apolloi benelli & grade with addition of potassium silicate under different light sources/Anatomia e analise micromorfometrica foliar de Catasetum x apolloi benelli & grade com adicao de silicato de potassio em diferentes fontes de luz
Son notables los dibujos de varias especies: Acineta superba, Brassia keiliana, Bollea violacea, Catasetum maculatum, Cyrtochilum tetracopis o Dracula chimaera por no decir mas; al lado de otras menos acabadas: odontoglossum sp., Cattleya schroederae, Sobralia rosea, Trichopilia fragrans y Lycaste macrophylla, entre otras.
Orquideas Colombianas: Ilustraciones De Helmuth Schmidt-Mumm
Endogenous hormonal levels and growth of dark-incubated shoots of Catasetum fimbriatum.
Phytoregulators and light spectrum in micropropagation Oncidium baueri Lindl/Fitorreguladores e espectros de luz na micropropagacao de Oncidium baueri Lindl
Desenvolvimento de protocormos de Catasetum pileatum Rchb.
Seed germination morphology, and in vitro growth of Cattleya walkeriana Gardner under different culture media/Morfologia da germinacao de sementes e crescimento in vitro de Cattleya walkeriana Gardner em diferentes meios nutritivos

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