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Gongora-fulva-2023-03-15 *SITF confirms this plant is Gongora fulva (Mar 2023).
The key characteristics are the strap-like posterior horns that extend out and then sharply turn down and are rounded at the ends, the extra hump just forward of those, the long horns, the pronounced hump just in front of them and the upturned apex of the epichile; supporting matching photos can be found in the OW, orchidroots.com and the IOSPE.

Posted on Mar 15, 2023

This was entered into a show as Gongora tricolor. The team awarded it as Gongora fulva. Several judges in the room did not think this looked correct for that species, so asked for it to be submitted f...

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Gongora-pardina-2022-08-24 *SITF confirmed as Gongora pardina (Sep 2022); the apparent larger than normal natural spread of the flower was due to the flower not being completely mature and the wings not having folded back into the usual position; this plant agrees with Rudolf Jenny's description of G. pardina; the determination is supported by photos on the OW, IOSPE and the orchidroots.com.*     

Posted on Aug 24, 2022

This Gongora received an HCC, but the judging team did not feel qualified to know for certain if this was indeed pardina, so they wanted verification on it.

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Gongora-claviodora-2022-07-10 *SITF has determined this plant to be Gongora quinquenervis, not Gongora claviodora; this plant does not match the inflorescence length or the fragrance of G. claviodora, which is strongly clove scented; Dr. Gunter Gerlach, Botanical Garden Munich, Dept. of Science, stated this was definitely not G. claviodora; the exhibitor on examining Equagenera's catalog found the plant sent to them actually matches G. quinquenervis; the inflorescence matches G. quinquenervis, as well as supporting photos in the OW, IOSPE and orchidroots.com; color is variable with many color forms.*

Posted on Jul 10, 2022

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Gongora-grossa-2022-04-27 *SITF has determined that this plant is Gongora pardina, not Gongora grossa (Sep 2023).
This plant was identified as Gongora pardina by Dr. Gunter Gerlach, an authority on this genus. He stated it was not G. grossa/nigropunctata and identified it as Gongora pardina. G. pardina is from Ecuador and the exhibitor in his comments stated the plant came from Ecuagenera, although there is some question about the source; the comments in the blog also stated the plant came from Orquifollaje in Colombia. However, the description in the IOSPE states the species is also found in Colombia. There are supporting photos in the IOSPE, OW and the orchidroots.com.

Posted on Apr 27, 2022

The plant was bought from Francisco (Orquifollaje) in Colombia as was labeled Gongora grossa (nigropunctata).

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Gongora-amparoana-‘Irene’-CHM(Prov’l)-2021-06-20***Determined to be Gongora tridentata, not Gongora amparoana (Apr 2022); based on the profiles of the lips comparing G. amparoana and G. tridentata; the epichile of tridentata has three definite teeth on the apex and has a very narrow epichile in the profile view where G. amparaona has a very wide epichile distally in the side view; comparing the two forms of the epichiles, this flower most closely resembles G. tridentata; it also most closely matches G. tridentata in color and overall form; the description of G. tridentata is in Lindleyana Vol. 6, 1991; very good match to the photos in orchidroots.com; also matches the line drawing by Whitten and photo in the SOF.***

Posted on Jun 20, 2021

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Gongora-amparoana-2021-01-18***Determined to be Gongora galeata, not G. amparoana (Jan 2021); the petals of this plant are unequally bilobed with a hook-like lobe on one side and a blunt lobe on the other, which is characteristic of G. galeata; the petal lobes of G. amparoana are very broad, almost symmetrical, of equal size and blunt with a broad sinus connecting them; the hypochile side lobes are large, very obvious and blunt in G. amparoana, but are either missing or poorly resolved in G. galeata; in this plant they are hard to see, but are barely resolved, as in G. galeata; this plant also agree with the description of G. galeata in Rudolf Jenny's "Monograph of the Genus Gongora".***

Posted on Jan 18, 2021

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