The sexes are separate in Catasetum, which is a wonderful relief to me, as I have had two or three letters saying that the male C. tridentatum seeds. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
The construction of the flower in another closely allied orchid, namely the Catasetum, is widely different, though serving the same end; and is equally curious. From Wordnik.com. [VI. Difficulties of the Theory. Special Difficulties of the Theory of Natural Selection] Reference
Species with sizable pseudobulbs, such as Catasetum, many Laelia and some Dendrobium, store water and are well prepared for their resting periods. From Wordnik.com. [Orchids of Mexico] Reference
Epiphytes include more than 60 species of orchids (Oncidium, Miltonia, Catasetum, and Warmingia, among other genera). From Wordnik.com. [Iguazú National Park, Argentina] Reference
Monacanthus viridis, female form of Catasetum tridentatum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Myanthus barbatus, hermaphrodite form of Catasetum tridentatum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
I cannot answer your question about the aerial roots of Catasetum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
The family to which Catasetum belongs furnished the most remarkable examples. From Wordnik.com. [Life of Charles Darwin] Reference
I want to know whether anything beats in modification the rostellum of Catasetum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Dr. Cruger thinks I am wrong about Catasetum: but I cannot understand his letter. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum, and received for an answer, "Do you really think that I can believe all that!". From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Mr. Huxley had doubted the accuracy of observations on Catasetum published in the "Fertilisation of Orchids.". From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Monacanthus relatively to Catasetum, I think I could easily perceive it even in dried specimens when well soaked. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
In the first edition of "Fertilisation of Orchids" (page 209) he assumed that the sexes in Acropera, as in Catasetum, were separate. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum tridentatum is male (and never seeds, according to Schomburgk, whom you have accidentally misquoted in the "Vegetable Kingdom"). From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Your fact has surprised me greatly, and has alarmed me not a little, for if I am in error about Acropera I may be in error about Catasetum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum, which also place the labellum on top, achieve their morphology by shutting down rotation, so their ovaries are not twisted at all. From Wordnik.com. [SEEDMAGAZINE.COM] Reference
Or take this other case of the Catasetum 'Bees visit these flowers in order to gnaw the labellum; in doing this they inevitably touch a long, tapering, sensitive projection. From Wordnik.com. [Fragments of science, V. 1-2] Reference
Neumann, on Catasetum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Trinidad, Catasetum of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum, fertilisation of. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum (Linnean Society). From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 1] Reference
The Catasetum has not flowered yet!. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
To-morrow I mean to be at Catasetum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum!. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Description of Acropera and Catasetum in. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum, 56. From Wordnik.com. [On the Genesis of Species] Reference
On Catasetum. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
Catasetum, 424. From Wordnik.com. [On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. (2nd edition)] Reference
Catasetum, 291, 296, 334 eburneum, 384. From Wordnik.com. [Vegetable Teratology An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants] Reference
Schoenherr, C.J. Schomburgk, Sir R., on Catasetum, Monacanthus, and Myanthus. From Wordnik.com. [More Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2] Reference
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