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Gongora Page SUBFAMILY Epidendroideae, TRIBE Gongoreae, SUBTRIBE Stanhopeinae. The 52 species of this genus are spread from Mexico to Bolivia and Brazil. These have mostly pendant inflorescences so a basket of some sort is called for. They also do not like to dry out so water and fertilize regularly and grow under intermediate to warm conditions. They are part of the Stanhopea subtribe and grow from sea level up to 1000 meters in elevation. They have ribbed ovoid pseudobulbs with 2 to 3 apical thin, heavily veined leaves. The inflorescence arises from the base of the pseudobulb and hangs with many non resupinate, upside down flowers on a pendant spike. These plants are epiphytes and many are found in association with ant nests. The parts of the Gongora flower are as follows, pedicel {#1}, lateral sepals {#2}, labellum {#3}, petals {#4}, column {#5}, and the dorsal sepal {#6}.

Gongora Species List

    The species list below was composed with information from the following sources.

    The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Orchids by Alec Pridgeon. Published by the Timber Press

    The Manual Of Cultivated Orchid Species By Bechtel, Cribb and Launert, Published by The MIT Press

    Native Colombian Orchids Volumes 1-6 Published by Editorial Colina By the Colombian Orchid Society

    An Introduction to the Orchids Of Mexico By Andrew Wiard Published by Comstock Cornell

    Orchids Of Brazil By Jim & Barbara McQueen Published by Timber Press

    Field Guide to the Orchids of Costa Rica And Panama By Robert L Dressler Published by Comstock Cornell

    Orchids of Guatemala and Belize By Oakes Ames And Donovan Correl Published by Dover

    Species that are also listed in the genus acropera are denoted with an *.

    Species names that are synonyms of another species are denoted with a ~.

  1. aceras Dressler

    2. - Colombia

  2. amparoana schltr.
    3. - Costa Rica -

  3. armeniaca [Lindl.]Rchb.f.
    4. -Nicaregua, Costa Rica and Panama - Alt

    ~armeniaca var. bicornuta see G. horichiana

  4. aromatica
    5. -
  5. atropurpurea Hkr.
    6. -Panama, Colombia , Ecuador and Peru - Hot
  6. beyrodtiana Schltr.
    7. - Colombia
  7. bufonia Lindl.
    8. Syn irrorata and minax Hoehne&Schltr.- Brazil - Alt 0-500m - Lowlands - epiphyte - intermediate to warm - moderate shade
  8. cassidea Rchb.f.
    9. - Mexico to Costa Rica - Alt up to 1800m - Forests - Epiphyte - Intermediate to warm
  9. charlesworthii Rolfe
    10. - Colombia
  10. charontis Rchb.f.
    11. - Panama and Colombia
  11. chocoensis Jenny
    12. - Colombia - Hot
  12. claviodora Dressler
    13. - Nicaragua and Costa Rica
  13. colombiana Jenny
    14. - Colombia
  14. dressleri Jenny
    15. - Colombia
  15. escobariana Whitten
    16. - Colombia
  16. fulva Lindl.
    17. - Colombia, Brazil
  17. galeata [Lindl.]Rchb.f.
    18. - Mexico - Flowers in Summer and early Autumn - Intermediate
  18. gibba Dressler
    19. - Panama, Colombia -
  19. gratulabunda Rchb.f.
    20. - Colombia
  20. grossa Rchb.f.
    21. - Colombia - Hot
  21. hirtzii Dodson&N.Wms.
    22. - Colombia
  22. histrionica Rchb.f.
    23. - Colombia
  23. horichiana Fowlie
    24. syn G. armeniaca var. bicornuta - Costa Rica and Panama
  24. ilense
  25. irmgardii Jenny
    26. - Colombia
  26. ~irrorata
    27. see G. bufonia - Brazil
  27. latisepal [Schwein.&Allen] Jenny
    28. - Colombia
  28. leucochila Lemaire
    29. - Colombia
  29. maculata Lindl.
    30. Mexico to Panama - Alt up to 1400m - Humid Forests - Epiphyte
  30. minax Rchb.f
    31. - Colombia - Hot

    ~minax Hoehne&Schltr. see G. bufonia - Brazil

    ~nigrita Lindl. - See G. quinquenervis

  31. odoratissima Lem.
    32. -Colombia
  32. pleiochroma Rchb.f.
    33. -Colombia
  33. portensa Linden & Rchb.f.
    34. _Colombia - Intermediate to warm
  34. pseudoatropurpurea Jenny
    35. - Colombia
  35. quinquenervis Ruiz and Pavon
    36. - Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Trinidad and Tropical South America- Flowers in Autumn - intermediate to warm - Moderate light to semi shade - epiphyte

    ~retrorsa Rchb.f. - See G. quinquenervis - Colombia

  36. rufescens Rchb.f.
    37. - Colombia - Hot
  37. saccata Rchb.f
    38. - Colombia
  38. sanderiana Krzl.
    39. - Colombia
  39. scaphephorus Rchb.f.&Warsc.
    40. - Colombia - Hot
  40. seideliana Rchb.f
    41. - Colombia
  41. similis Rchb,f
    42. - Colombia
  42. sphaerica Jenny
    43. - Colombia - Hot
  43. tricolor [Lindl.]Rchb.f.
    44. - Panama
  44. truncata Lindl.
    45. - Mexico to Honduras - Flowers in Summer - Intermediate
  45. unicolor
    46. -Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama and Belize - Alt up to 1000m -

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