Gongora
Ruiz & Pavon
GON-goe-ra
Named for Don Antonio Caballero y Gongora
A genus of 52 species distributed from Mexico to Bolivia. Grows as epiphyte in ant
nests in wet forest from 0-1,000 meters. Cultivate under intermediate conditions, acidic,
moist, heavy feeding, basket.
Species
armeniaca
aromatica
atropurpurea
bufonia
cassidea
chocoensis
claviodora
cornuta
fulva (syn. tricolor)
gratulabunda
grossa
histrionica
leuchochila
maculata
pardina
portentosa
nigropunctata
quinquenervis
saccata
sanderiana
scaphephorus
stenoglossa
tracyana
tricolor
truncata
unicolor
viridi-purpurea