Gongora horichiana Fowlie 1965
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Common Name Horich's Gongora [German Orchid Collector Costa Rica later 1900's]
Flower Size
Found in Costa Rica and Panama as a warm to cool growing epiphyte that blooms in the spring, summer and fall on a 12" [30 cm] long, pendant 5 to 20 flowered inflorescencewith fragrant flowers.
Synonyms Gongora armeniaca var. bicornuta C.Schweinf. & P.H.Allen 1948
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; AOS Bulletin Vol 60 No 5 1991 photo; AOS Bulletin Vol 65 No 11 1996 photo; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005
