Catasetum pileatum

Felt-capped Catasetum

Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Tribe:	Cymbidieae
Subtribe:	Catasetinae
Genus:	Catasetum
Species:	C. pileatum
Binomial name
*Catasetum pileatum* Rchb.f. (1882)
Synonyms
Catasetum bungerothii N.E. Br. (1886) Catasetum bungerothii var. pottsianum L. Linden & Rodigas (1887) Catasetum bungerothii var. album Linden & Rodigas (1888) Catasetum bungerothii var. randii Rodigas (1890) Catasetum bungerothii var. aurantiacum Cogn. (1894) Catasetum bungerothii var. lindenii Gower (1894) Catasetum bungerothii var. regale Gower (1894) Catasetum imperiale L.Linden & Cogn. (1895) Catasetum × splendens var. imperiale (Linden & Cogn.) Rolfe (1895) Catasetum bungerothii var. imperiale (L. Linden & Cogn.) Cogn. (1897) Catasetum pileatum var. album (Linden & Rodigas) Hoehne (1942) Catasetum pileatum var. imperiale (L. Linden & Cogn.) Cogn. ex Hoehne (1942) Catasetum pileatum var. lindenii (Gower) Hoehne (1942) Catasetum pileatum var. regale (Gower) Hoehne (1942)

The Felt-capped Catasetum or Mother of Pearl Flower (Catasetum pileatum) is a species of orchid found from Trinidad to Ecuador.

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