Catasetum Macrocarpum (Noun)
Meaning
Orchid having both male and female flowers in the same raceme; when a sensitive projection at the base of the column of the male flower is touched the pollen is suddenly ejected.
Classification
Nouns denoting plants.
Examples
- Catasetum_macrocarpum are known to exhibit an explosive mechanism of pollen release that allows for a high degree of fertilisation success in this unusual orchid.
- In catasetum_macrocarpum, both male and female flowers can occur within a single raceme, but only the tips of each new column contain active reproductive parts.
- It has been observed that the sensitive projection at the base of the catasetum_macrocarpum column is always oriented upwards to increase chances of fertilisation.
- Experts have described catasetum_macrocarpum flowers having trigger hairs that eject pollen once touched by an unsuspecting pollinator.
- These plants display highly unique sexual organs with fully mature male flowers on the lower parts of catasetum_macrocarpum flowers, with female flowers on higher levels.