| Species
Name: Catasetum macrocarpum (Male Flower) |
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Flower
Colour and Size: |
Colour of sepals and petals vary from concolor green to green with wine red spotting. Lip colour varies from concolor green to bright yellow on external surface and red on internal surface. |
Flowering
Period: |
See previous record | |
General
Description: |
Flowers have a unique pollination mechanism. When the pollinator - usually a euglossine bee - lands on the lip a trigger mechanism on the column shoots pollen onto the back of the insect. | |
Habitat: |
See previous record | |
Common
Name: |
Monkey Goblet | |
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