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(Last Modified On 1/20/2013)
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(Last Modified On 1/20/2013)
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Subspecific
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GONGORA MACULATA Lindl. var. TRICOLOR Lindl.
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PlaceOfPublication
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Bot. Reg. n. s. 10: t. 69. 1847.
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Synonym
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Gongora fulva Lindl. loc. cit. 2: t. 51. 1839. Gongora bufonia Lindl. loc. cit. 4: t. 2. 1841.
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Description
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Plants identical with those of the type. Sepals rich yellow to orange, usually spotted or blotched dark red or dark purple. Petals greenish yellow, usually spotted or marked dark red. Lip very fleshy, complexly 2-parted, rich yellow or orange, usually marked dark red, or dark purple. The hypochile when seen from above with a relatively broad base, with two short, fleshy, rounded horns on each side, otherwise identical with the type.
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Distribution
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Panama and Peru, and probably adjacent territory.
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Specimen
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CANAL ZONE: Mojinga Swamp, near the mouth of the Rio Chagres, sea level, Allen 911. PANAMA: foothills east of Panama City, sea level, Powell 32, 69, 71, 93. COLON: forests along the Rio Boqueron, above the Peluca Hydrographic Station, about 90 m., Hunter & Allen 649 (in part), 65o. COCLE: El Valle de Anton, 1800 ft., Fairchild s. n.
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Note
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Distinguished from the type by the somewhat larger, more richly colored flowers, the somewhat broader base of the hypochile, and the rounded, fleshy, basal horns.
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