FIGURE 1. Govenia utriculata. A in Natural history of the often-misunderstood Govenia utriculata (Orchidaceae): discovery of a Mexican population upsets West Indies endemism

FIGURE 1. Govenia utriculata. A. Clump of plants in situ. B. Base of a plant removed from leaf litter to show the depressed corm from the previous year's growth and the developing corm enclosed by the sheath bases. C. Inflated sheaths of two adjacent plants. D. One such sheath illuminated from behind to show the accumulation of rainwater. E. Inflorescence. F. Flower, oblique view. G. Flower, front view. H. Labellum and column in natural position, side view. All from Salazar & Octaviano-Landa 10282. Photographs by Gerardo A. Salazar.