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Caularthron bilamellatum

Caularthron bilamellatum

Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family:Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Epidendreae
SubTribe: Laeliinae
Genus: Caularthron
Species: Clrthr. bilamellatum
Alliance:
Binomial name
Caularthron bilamellatum
(Rchb. f.) R.E. Schult. 1958


Caularthron bilamellatum is a species in the genus Caularthron.

Description[]

Plants bloom from late winter to spring with several 3.75 cm wide flowers. Flowers are fragrant. Flowers are self pollinating.

Distribution[]

Plants are found in the dry tropical forest of Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad & Tobago, Venezuela, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru at elevations of 0 to 700 meters

Culture[]

Plants should be grown in warm temperature with bright light. Water about twice a week in the summer and reduce to once a week as winter approaches. Plants can be grown in a well drain coarse mixture of bark and perlite or mounted.

Naming[]

Common Name: The Two-Ledged Caularthrom


Synonyms[]

  1. Caularthron bivalvatulum [Schlechter] Jones 1974
  2. Diacrium bigibberosum (Rchb. f.) Hemsl. 1883
  3. Diacrium bilamellatum (Rchb. f.) Hemsl. 1883
  4. Diacrium bilamellatum var reichenbachianum Schlechter 1922
  5. Diacrium bivalvatulum Schltr. 1923
  6. Diacrium ulmeckei Kraenzlin 1927
  7. Diacrium venezuelanum Schltr. 1919
  8. Epidendrum bigibberosum Rchb. f. 1862
  9. *Epidendrum bilamellatum Rchb. f. 1862
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