Govenia liliacea (Lex.) Lindl. 1839
Comparison with Govenia supurba on right Photos courtesy of Weyman Bussey
Common Name The Lily Like Govenia
Flower Size
Found in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama as a medium to large sized, warm to cool growing terrestrial orchid that blooms in the summer
Synonyms Eucnemis brevilabris Lindl. 1833; Eulophia liliacea (Lex.) Lindl. 1833; Govenia brevilabris (Lindl.) Hemsl. 1884; *Maxillaria liliacea Lex. in P.de La Llave & J.M.de Lexarza 1825;
References W3 Tropicos, Kew Monocot list , IPNI ; Las Orquedias De El Salvador Vol 1 Hamer 1974 drawing/photo ok; Las Orquedias de El Salvador Vol 3 Hamer 1981 drawing ok; Icones Planetarum Tropicarum Plate 755 Dodson 1982 drawing fide; Vanishing Beauty; Native Costa Rican Orchids Vol 1 Pupulin 2005
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