Gongora sphaerica
Object Details
- Bloom Time (Northern Hemisphere)
- March
- Pollination Syndrome
- Bee
- Provenance
- Collected directly from the wild; origin known
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Gardens
- Accession Number
- 2014-0813A
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Life Form
- Epiphytic
- Bloom Characteristics
- Yellow flower is spotted in red-brown, and 1.5" (3.75 cm) across.
- Range
- Colombia (Cundinamarca)
- See more items in
- Smithsonian Gardens Orchid Collection
- Common Name
- The Spherical Gongora
- Group
- [vascular plants]
- Class
- Equisetopsida
- Subclass
- Magnoliidae
- Superorder
- Lilianae
- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Orchidaceae
- Subfamily
- Epidendroideae
- Genus
- Gongora
- Species
- sphaerica
- Topic
- Orchids
- Living Collections
- Record ID
- ofeo-sg_2014-0813A
- Usage
- CC0
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