Gongora histrionica Rchb.f. 1854

Inflorescence Photos by Gerald Swett

Common Name or Meaning The Enchanting Gongora

Flower Size 1.4" [3.5 cm]

Found in Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Guyana, French Guiana? and Surinam as a medium sized, hot to warm growing epiphyte with deeply ridged, conical pseudobulbs carrying plicate, elliptical leaves and blooms in the fall on a basal, pendant, 20.8" [52 cm] long, 15 to 35 flowered inflorescence with vanilla scented flowers.

Synonyms

References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; *Bonplandia Rchb.f 1854; Xenia Orchidaceae Rchb.f 1854; Native Colombian Orchids Vol 2 COS 1991 photo fide; Guia Illustrada para la Clasificacion del Genero Gongora Toullemonde 2001; Australian Orchid Review Vol 71 No 3 2006 photo;

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