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Gomesa cornigera (Gomesa cornigera)

Description

It is a small orchid with epiphytic habits with closely grouped pseudobulbs, dark green in color, cigarillo to cylindrical, longitudinally grooved and rough. They have a single leaf, apical and acute with a pronounced central vein. It flowers in an arched basal inflorescence 75 cm long with up to 80 cup-shaped flowers. Flowering occurs in summer and winter.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Magnoliophyta

        • Class: Liliopsida

          • Order: Asparagales

            • Family: Orchidaceae

              • Genus: Gomesa