When time and funding permit, each flower (each plant species) will have its own page, and its own PDF, and eventually its own PPT so that professors and students have plenty of material on Guatemala (and Honduras, etc) to study.
Heliconia adflexa, Coban, Guatemala, Hotel Monja Blanca, FLAAR, by Nicholas Hellmuth
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we have recently found and photographed.
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Reports by FLAAR Mesoamerica
on Flora & Fauna of Parque Nacional Yaxha Nakum Naranjo
Peten, Guatemala, Central America
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| Bibliography on Prosthechea cochleata |
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Prosthechea cochleata, also known as black orchid is found in Florida, Mexico, Guatemala, Belize, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Bahamas, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Jamaica, Cayman Islands, Leewards, Puerto Rica, Windwards, French Guiana, Surinam, Guyana, Venezuela and Colombia in dense tropical evergreen, deciduous and oak forests at altitudes up to 1900 meters as a medium sized, warm to cool growing epiphyte with smooth, ovoid to oblong-elliptic, compressed pseudobulbs partially enveloped basally by several, imbricate, scarious sheaths with 2 to 3, apical, elliptic, acute, gradually narrowing below, basally clasping leaves and can bloom for 6 months starting in the spring with an apical, erect, short to 15" [to 37.5 cm], few to many flowered, racemose inflorescence with a basal sheath that has successive opening, non-fragrant to spicy scented flowers (Orchid species, n. d.). According to (IARNA, n.d.) in Guatemala, P. cochleata can be found in Ala Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Chimaltenango, El Progreso, Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Izabal, Jutiapa, Peten, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Retalhuleu, San Marcos, Suchitepequez and Zacapa. In the dry forest and humid forest at altitudes between 0-1800 msnm PDF, Articles, Books on Prosthechea cochleata
Suggested webpages with photos and information on Prosthechea cochleata
www.theplantlist.org/tpl1.1/record/kew-165818
https://queenslandorchid.wordpress.com/2014/03/08/prosthechea-cochleata-an-upside-down-dangly-and-charming-orchid/
http://elorquideario.blogspot.com/2012/10/anacheilium-cochleatum-prosthechea.html
www.orchidspecies.com/anacochleata.htm
http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1001247-1
http://tropical.theferns.info/viewtropical.php?id=Prosthechea+cochleata
www.plantasyhongos.es/herbarium/htm/Prosthechea_cochleata.htm
www.cicy.mx/sitios/flora%20digital/ficha_virtual.php?especie=440 http://www.infoiarna.org.gt/orquideas/prosthechea-cochleata/ https://naturalezatropical.com/orquidea-negra-prothechea-cochleata/ https://enciclovida.mx/especies/160393-prosthechea-cochleata
Updated July, 2021 by Vivian Hurtado, FLAAR Mesoamerica. |
4x4 Pickup Truck Reviews, Evaluations and Suggestions
Parque Nacional Yaxha, Nakum and Naranjo
Carnivorous Plants
Plants of Municipio de Livingston, Izabal
- Acrostichum danaeifolium, giant leather ferns
- Bellucia Pentamera
- Bibliography on Grias cauliflora
- Bibliography on Licania platypus
- Bibliography on Mangle negro (Avicennia germinans) L.
- Bibliography on Montriacardia arborescens
- Bibliography on Typha domingensis and Thypha latifolia
- Conocarpus erectus, white mangrove
- Edible Wetlands Plants, Hotel Tortugal
- Heliconia latispatha
- Heliconia wagneriana
- Manicaria saccifera Confra palm
- Neotropical trees of Guatemala need protection
- Nymphoides indica, waterlily flowers
- Pachira aquatica, zapoton
- Bibliography on Pithecellobium Mart., Neotropical trees of Mesoamerica
Botanical Terms
Ecosystems, Wetlands Aquatic Plants
Smartphone Camera Reviews
Bushes and small trees
Fungi and Lichens
Orchids
- Bibliography Bletia purpurea, aquatic orchid
- Bibliography, Epidendrum radicans
- Bibliography on Habenaria Orchids from Yaxha
- Bibliography, Lycaste virginalis var. alba.
- Bibliography, Macroclinium bicolor
- Bibliography, Prosthechea cochleata
- Bibliography Sobralia macrantha, Lirio de San Juan
- Bibliography, Sobralia xantholeuca
- Bibliography on Terrestrial shade orchids from Guatemala
- Bibliography on Terrestrial sunny orchids from Guatemala
Maya and Aztec flavorings for cacao, cocoa, chocolate
- Achiote, Bixa orellana
- Bibliography on Achiote, Bixa orellana
- Bibliography on Esquisúchil, Bourreria huanita
- Bourreria huanita
- Cassia grandis, bucut
- Chile Chocolate
- Chile Chocolate (Capsicum annuum var accuminatum)
- Chiranthodendron pentadactylon
- Cymbopetalum penduliflorum
- Guazuma ulmifolia
- Haematoxylum brasiletto
- Piper auritum, hoja santa
- Piper species
- Quararibea funebris
- Sterculia apetala, castaño
- Tagetes sp., Marigold
- Talauma, a variant of Magnolia
- Vanilla orchid
- Virola and nutmeg
Cacao, cocoa, chocolate
Consulting cacao & Theobroma species
Tobacco Ingredients of Aztec & Maya
Trees of Mesoamerica
- Bibliography on Acacia dolichostachya, Wild tamarind
- Bibliography, Bellucia costaricensis
- Bibliography, Bucida buceras
- Bibliography on Coccoloba belizensis Standl.
- Bibliography on Cojoba sp. and Cojoba arborea
- Bibliography, Ficus.
- Bibliography on Haematoxylum campechianum and H. brasiletto
- Bibliography on Hibiscus pernambucensis
- Bibliography on Ipomea murucoides
- Bibliography on Lacmellea standleyi, lechemiel
- Bibliography on Leucaena leucocephala
- Bibliography on mangle rojo (Rhizophora mangle)
- Bibliography on Manzanillo, Alseis yucatanensis Standl.
- Bibliography on Matilisguate, Tabebuia rosea
- Mangrove swamp Trees
- Bibliography on Ruagea insignis
- Bibliography on Pterocarpus officinalis
Bombacaceae, Bombacoideae
Tropical Fruits of the Maya
- Avocado Hass
- Bibliography on Coloc, Talisia floresii
- Bibliography, Dichogamy of avocado species
- Bibliography on Guayo, Talisia olivaeformis
- Bibliography on Laetia thamnia, Bakelac
- Bibliography on Maracuyá, Passiflora quadrangularis L.
- Bibliography on Punica granatum L., Granada
- Cashew
- Cuajilote, Parmentiera aculeata
- Granada
- Guanabas and Annonas
- Guava, Guayaba, Psidium guajava L
- Introduction to Papaya
- Nance a fruit of prehispanic Guatemala
- Passion flowers and fruits
- Passion flower, giant fruit
- Talisia floresii, Sapindaceae
- Carica Papaya Bibliography
Tropical Nuts
Spices, condiments, food coloring
Medicinal Plants
- Aristolochia, The largest flower in Guatemala, Bibliography
- Asclepias curassavica, bibliography
- Bibliography on Ciricote, Cordia dodecandra
- Bibliography on Contrahierba, Dorstenia contrajerva
- Bibliography on Falso hibisco, Malvaviscus arboreus
- Bibliography on Huele de noche, Cestrum nocturnum
- Bibliography on Lirio araña, Hymenocallis littoralis
- Bibliography on Roble Prieto, Ehretia tinifolia
- Bibliography, Tithonia diversifolia
- Canak
- Calliandra general info
- Guava, Guayaba
- Magnolia and Taluma
- Mayan medicinal plants
- Piper
- Tecomasuche, Coclospermum vitifolium
- Bibliography on Sufricay, Malmea depressa
- Bibliography on Wigandia urens
Underutilized edible plants
Edible Plants of the Mayan World
- Acacia, subin, bullhorn acacia
- Bibliography, Annona muricata
- Bibliography, Annona purpurea
- Bibliography, Annona reticulata
- Bibliography on Chipilín, Crotalaria longirostrata
- Bibliography on Chirimoya, Annona squamosa
- Bernoullia flammea
- Canna indica, tamale wrap
- Cuchamper, Gonolobus
- Guava, Guayaba
- Bibliography, Gonobolus sp.
- Bibliography, Parmentiera aculeata
- Pacaya palm Chamaedorea tepejilote
- Split leaf philodendron, Monstera deliciosa
Plants and trees used to produce incense
Utilitarian Plants
- Bibliography, Acacia farnesiana
- Bibliography on Aechmea bromeliifolia
- Bibliography on Agave americana
- Bibliography, native Agave species from Guatemala
- Bibliography on Anthurium crassinervium (Jacq.) Schott
- Bibliography on Balsa, Ochroma pyramidale
- Bibliography on Bamboo, Guadua longifolia (E.Fourn) R.W.Pohl
- Bibliography, Crescentia alata
- Bibliography, Crescentia cujete
- Bibliography on Hule, Castilla elastica
- Blepharidium guatemalense, irayol blanco
- Crescentia alata, Crescentia cujete
- Tecomasuche, Coclospermum vitifolium
- Bibliography on Coxte, Colubrina arborescens
- Bibliography on Madre cacao, Gliricidia sepium
- Bibliography on Tillandsia usneoides
Flowers, edible
Camera Reviews for Photographing Flowers and Plants
Toxic plants
Trees with conical Spines
Flowers native to Guatemala visible now around the world
SUBJECTS TO BE COVERED DURING NEXT 6 MONTHS
Grains
Fruits (typical misnomer mishmash of Spanish language)
Other Fruits (primarily fruits from trees)
Fruits (vines or cacti)
Flavoring, herbs, and spices
Flowers, sacred
Plants which are sacred
Plants mentioned in myths
plants to produce Alcohol
Plants used for drugs
Plants or trees that are used to produce incense
Most common introduced plants (not native)
Glossaries
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