Strange Castasetum??
The tag says Catasetum tenebrosum, and it sure does not look like pictures of this orchid. I will say it has been a very strange Catasetum since I got it in March 2015, I remove the media from all my Catasetum and Cycnoches in the last fall and leave them in the shade bare root for their rest. Once I have about 3 inches with lots of roots I repot them. This one I did the third week of last month in sphagnum once more, I had used a different media the year before that I was sorry I had done so. This particular one started growing and only reach the height of about 2 inches when the top leaf just died, I decided that with all the new roots it was safe to pot. About a week later I saw what I thought was a new bulb that turned out to be a spike, I have a 2 inch tall pb that has a short spike with new blooms that have opened, they do not look like any Catasetum tenebrosum that I have found picture online. Any suggestions? Do I have an incorrect tag?
The second picture is the latest new pb to grow with a little of the spike, the others are of the blooms.
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