Tuesday, August 20, 2013

catasetum incurvum, female...well, sort of


this is actually a hermaphrodite, physically all female except the coloration. but it is my first "female" incurvum. the hood is tall, as you can see it from the lateral view 


the white netting behind is wrapping a third female flower which will later be use for pollination


the pics below are the male flowers, blooming approximately a week after the female on distal of the inflorescence



the two final pics below showing the formation of selfed seedpods from the plant above and also the formation of a mixed spike again by another incurvum plant



Monday, August 5, 2013

catasetum saccatum, second plant

this one came in as a mislabeled id plant, and therefore i have two different saccatum now. the seplas and petals are slightly darker to the one i first had,




the dorsal petals sometimes can be fused with the dorsal sepal as in the above pic or sometimes they will 'open' up