Gomesa
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Gomesa (named in honor of Bernardinus Antonius Gomes). Orchidaceae. Stove epiphytes. Pseudobulbs 1- or 2-lvd.: racemes often many-fld., lateral; sepals free and spreading, or the lateral approximate or connate; petals equaling or wider than dorsal sepal; lip affixed to base of column, continuous, spurlrss, the lateral lobes small; pollinia 2.—-About 5 or 6 species, natives of Brazil. G. binotii, Hort. Racemes 15-30-fld.; fls. small, orange, with a white column. Brazil.—G. glaziovii, Cogn. Climbing: st. elongated: pseudobulbs 2—1 in. apart: fls. light green. Brazil. George V. Nash. CH
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References
- Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963