catasetum penang red? hahahaha

most will be thinking that i got this post mislabeled but actually not. i choose this plants among the hundreds of deflasked seedlings of catasetum penang red but this is what the flower turns out to be.
it is a penang for sure but the first question that arise is whether is it an alba form? IMHO, i do not think this one is an alba form, maybe just that it got more of the white pileatum gene in it.
as the flowers matures, the white hue in the flower is dominating more and more, i had a similar ctsm penang but that one is more of yellow and white as the flower matures



 first pic below, the entire plant (initially with 6 buds but i accidentally broke one white watering the others)

pic 2 and 3 is the appearance of the spike in closer view

fourth pic closeup of the individual flower

last pic here showing the callus present at the ventral of the depression of the labellum

catasetum macroglossum

the word macroglossum refers to the large lip structure of the flower. this flower is non resupianted, had a sweet fragrance. the large lip structure extends till the beak anther and covers it laterally. inflorescence is arching and becomes lightly pendant with the weight of the flower. this species is easily identified from the two teeth like structure at the mid lobe of the labellum and also a semi circular callus that is present just at the inner apex of the lip (cannot be visualize from frontal view).


 first pic below the plant and the entire spike

second pic, the spike itself, 6 of them

closeup on the individual flower 

lateral view

close up on the hood with the two fang/teeth like structure, each beside the pointy tip of the labellum

 closeup on the inner side just under the apex of the hood, showing the semicircle callus (dark yellow in color)