Govenia

Plant Characteristics

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Cultivation

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Scientific Names

Read about Govenia in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Govenia (J. R. Gowen, English gardener). Orchidaceae. Terrestrial orchids of Trop. Amer., seldom cult., of perhaps a dozen species: rhizomes thickened into tuber-like enlargements or pseudobulbs, the sts. erect and few-lvd.: lvs. large, narrowed at base: fls. in simple racemes, medium in size, short-pedicelled, mostly white, cream-colored or yellow and more or less red- spotted; sepals and petals of about equal length, the former connivent; lip very short, without spur, jointed to column; pollinia 4, broadly ovate. G. tingens, Poepp. & Endl. Height 2-3 ft.: lf.-blade elliptic, about 8 in. long: fls. yellowish, with transverse purple lines, much larger than those of G. superba; seems, lanceolate to oblong. Peru. G. superba, Lindl. Two ft.: fls. fragrant, yellow with red markings, sepals and petals acute: spike loose, erect. Mex. L.B.C. 18:1709. G. sulphured, Reichb. f. An odd species with onion- like pseudobulbs: lf.-blade cuneate-lanceolate and acuminate: fls. rather large; sepals sulfur-yellow; petals white with yellowish margin and purple lines; lip cordate-oblong, white with dark brown at apex. CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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Species

• Govenia acreana 2000
• Govenia alba A. Rich. & Galeotti 1845
• Govenia barbata Poepp. & Endl. 1837-1838
• Govenia bella E.W. Greenw. 1987 (Oaxaca, Mexico)
• Govenia ciliilabia Ames & C. Schweinf. 1930 (Costa Rica; El Salvador; Panama)
• Govenia dressleriana E.W. Greenw. 1993 (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
• Govenia elliptica S. Watson 1891 (Mexico)
• Govenia fasciata Lindl. 1843
• Govenia floridana P.M. Br. 2000
• Govenia greenwoodii Dressler & Soto Arenas 2003 (Honduras)
• Govenia jouyana R. González 1983
• Govenia lagenophora Lindl. 1839 (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
• Govenia latifolia (Kunth) Garay & G.A.Romero 1999
• Govenia liliaceae (Lex.) Lindl. 1835 (Mexico; Central America)
  • Govenia liliacea var. purpusii (Schltr.) L.O. Williams 1939 (Mexico)
• Govenia malcox Salazar & E.W. Greenw.
• Govenia matudae E.W.Greenw. & Soto Arenas 2002
• Govenia praecox Salazar & E.W. Greenw. 1993 (Veracruz, Mexico)
• Govenia purpusii Schltr. 1918
• Govenia quadriplicata Rchb. f. 1866
• Govenia sodiroi Schltr. 1921 (Ecuador)
• Govenia superba (La Llave & Lex.) Lindl. ex Lodd. 1831 : type species (El Salvador; Guatemala; Mexico)
  • Govenia superba var. elliptica (S. Watson) Correll 1891
  • Govenia superba var. superba
• Govenia tequilana Dressler & Hágsater 1973 (Mexico)
• Govenia tingens Poepp. & Endl. 1837-1838 (Ecuador; Peru)
• Govenia utriculata (Sw.) Lindl. 1839 (Bolivia; Ecuador; Argentina)
  • Govenia utriculata var. lagenophora (Lindl.) Griseb.
  • Govenia utriculata var. utriculata
• Govenia viaria Dressler 2002
• Govenia vilcabambana Dodson 1994 (Ecuador)

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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