Trinidad and Tobago Orchid Society

Species Name: Catasetum macrocarpum
	Flower Colour and Size:	Flowers vary in colour from concolour green to green with a yellow throat. In some flowers the throat is deep red and purple. Petals vary from concolour green to green with purple spots. Sepals are usually green or yellow green.
	Flowering Period:	Throughout the year
	General Description:	Plants may be terrestrial growing in leaf mould in rock crevices, or epiphytic on tree trunks, branches and even telephone poles. Pseudobulbs fusiform with three to five large leaves. Inflorescences arise from the base of the pseudobulbs. Schultes
	Habitat:	Almost everywhere in Trinidad and Tobago.
	Common Name:	Monkey Goblet

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