Gongora Ruiz & Pavon 1794, (abbreviation Gga.) occurs as member of the Orchid family (Orchidaceae).

It consists of 65 metal money known from either Central United states of America, Trinidad, & tropical South America. Virtually all come encountered within Colombia. It develop within wide geographical range from either needing changed forests mixed-up level to mountainous regions in the Andes, when high when 1,800 m.

the title comes from either Antonio Caballero y Gongora, a viceroy of Future Granada (Colombia and Ecuador) & a governor of Peru when you took a Ruiz and Pavon botanic expedition.

Gongora was one of the number one orchidaceous plant described by a american human. Many freshly Gongora orchidaceous plant keep close at hand been found in the previous 10 years, when numbers of others use at times been assigned under a second specific title. However there exists however a few confusion. Numerous coinage lack the right description. Occasionally coinage, like Gongora portentosa & Gongora superflua, may be uncommon. DNA fingerprinting will eventually contribute to an accurate taxonomy of this genus.

A lot mintage in that genus come epiphytes with the sympodial growth. A whiten aerial roots are very thinly, growing inside the heavy few. Occasionally roots potentially develop vertical instead of hanging down. This specialisation aids around forming a ball of aerial roots. Numbers of come discovered within association using ant nests.

A conic pseudobulbs come ridged and are astir Eighter from decatur cm hanker. Inside a select few metal money, like Gongora similis, a pseudobulb potty make as much as sise inflorescences around succession. 2 surrogate leaves originate from a prevent of both pseudobulb. the leaves come like leatherlike & heavy venose, growing to a length of astir Xxx cm.

A racemose inflorescence grows from a base of the pseudobulbs. A stem number one grows upright, however bends early inside development & becomes cernuous. A many flowers hang upside down, by using a lip upwards. A about circularly bent pedicels are characteristic of this genus. There are deuce lateral sepals & of these dorsal sepal. A blooms of many metal money come waxen. A flowers of several mintage stand distinctive fragrances. Occasionally smell prefer unburned candle wax, others such as nutmeg, cardamon, or even cinnamon. A pollinia are superposed on the stipe (the cellular pollinium stalk), which is held by the sticky disc.

A genus is closely related Stanhopea, Cirrhaea, Coryanthes, and Peristeria.

Species
Based on data from Rod Rice within Infragen. Rpm. Gen. Gongora (2002, 2003) a genus Gongora may be classified into subgenera & sections when follows:

Subgenus Gongora Section Aceras by having foursome species Section Gongora using astir 30-33 species [G. atropurpurea, G. catilligera, G. latisepala, G. odoratissima, G. rufescens] Section Gratulabunda by owning foursome species Section Grossa by owning 5 species Section Truncata by having nine species [G. charontis, G. dressleri,G. longipes, G. tracyana] Subgenus Portentosa one subdivision by owning at least 5 species [G. escobariana, G. garayana, G. portentosa, G. sanderiana] Subgenus Acropera Section Acropera using 1 species Section Armeniaca by having 2 metal money & a single to 2 subspecies Section Cassidea by owning quartet species [G. amparoana, G. cassidea, G. galeata, G. tridentata]