Common Name
The spotted catasetum
Family
ORCHIDACEAE
Select
Epiphytes
Spanish Name
Zapatico, Catapulta
- Grows above trees and has been mainly seen on Coyol palms.
- Pollinated by euglosinne bees and small seeds are dispersed by wind when thousands are released from the capsules.
- Seeds require a fungi on substrates to germinate PROPAGATION: splitting when branches or trees or trees hosting them fall.