Accession Data

Gongora cassidea

Common Name: The Helmut-Shaped Gongora

Family: Orchidaceae

Country of Origin: Mexico (Chiapas) to C. America

Accession Data

Accession #: 200202421

Accession Date: 2002-09-30 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 3219

Quantity: 2

Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College

Provenance: Citation in Bot. Zeit. xxii. (1864) 298.

Culture: Plants are usually grown in wooden baskets in partial shade. Use a well drain potting media such as medium fir bark with perlite, tree fern fibers, or sphagnum moss. Keep area humid and grow in warm temperatures. Keep mix moist but not dry. ³

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Orchidaceae

SubFamily: Epidendroideae

Tribe: Cymbidieae

SubTribe: Stanhopeinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:

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References

The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Accessed 28 July 2014.
WCSP (2014). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed 28 July 2014.
Gongora cassidea at Orchids Wiki. Accessed 23 May 2015.

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