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Gongora maculata 'Maggie' × self
 
 
 
 
Number: TN3405
Name: Gongora maculata 'Maggie' × self
Type: self    (What's that?)
Seed Donor: Marla Nikirk  (Email: mknikirk@gmail.com)
 
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Culture Notes from Donor: Parent plant: Temperature range CI (58-75°F)
 
Comments: Parent plant: Medium-sized plant.
 
For additional origin/habitat information supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker, see further below, near the bottom of this page.

About the name...
Etymology of Gongora   Named for Don Antonio Caballero y Góngora, viceroy of New Granada (Colombia) during the 18th century. (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Etymology of maculata   From Latin "maculatus" spotted. (Source: Mayr & Schmucker 1998)
Pronunciation of Gongora   GON-goe-ra (Source: Pridgeon 1992)
Pronunciation of maculata   mak-yoo-LAH-ta (Source: Hawkes 1978)
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The origin/habitat information below is supplied courtesy of Charles and Margaret Baker

The following information is based on the name of the plant provided by the donor, and assumes that the name is correct. If the plant has been misidentified, then the following information may not be correct.
This text is copyrighted by the Bakers and may not be reproduced without permission.

ORIGIN/HABITAT: Guyana. The type specimen originated in the country previously known as Demerara, which then became British Guyana, is now Guyana. Habitat location and elevation were not reported, and there have been no recent discoveries in this area. Dunsterville and Garay (1959) listed Gongora maculata as a synonym of Gongora quinquenervis and indicated it had been found in northeastern Venezuela. Schweinfurth (1967) reported that Gongora maculata was found at several locations in the Territory of Amazonas in southwest Venezuela at 1950-4900 ft. (600-1500 m). The information about these two species is so inextricably intertwined in the literature that there is no way of knowing which plant is being discussed by any one writer. Jenny (1993) stated, "All information on Gongora maculata must also be treated carefully, as it is only seldom really clear if the author actually had a plant before him which corresponded to Lindley's concept of Gongora maculata. Readers interested in a complete history of this species and the confusion surrounding it should see Rudolf Jenny's 1993 Monograph of the Genus Gongora. Regrettably, there is too little information pertaining to the habitat that is certain to allow the selection of representative climate data or the formulation of cultural suggestions. As there are no known recent collections of Gongora maculata, and Jenny (1993) states that, "If the form illustrated by John Day is assumed to be Gongora maculata and the area of distribution accepted to be mainly Guyana, then it must be reasoned that Gongora maculata is very seldom seen in culture at present."
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