Catasetum saccatum: taxon details and analytics

Domain
Kingdom
Plantae
Phylum
Tracheophyta
Class
Liliopsida
Order
Asparagales
Family
Orchidaceae
Genus
Catasetum
Species
Catasetum saccatum
Scientific Name
Catasetum saccatum

Summary description from Wikipedia:

Catasetum saccatum

Catasetum saccatum, the sack-shaped catasetum, is a species of orchid.

Charles Darwin remarked on the ability of the species to launch its viscid pollen sacs with explosive force, when an insect touches a seta. He was ridiculed for reporting this by the naturalist Thomas Huxley.

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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
©Apipa, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
©Rich Hoyer, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-SA)
Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
©Roderick Peel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
©Roderick Peel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
©Roderick Peel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
©Roderick Peel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
©Roderick Peel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
©Roderick Peel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
©Roderick Peel, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC)
Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
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Catasetum saccatum
©Rene Vilchez, some rights reserved (CC-BY-NC-ND)

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