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Gymnosiphon suaveolens is a flowering plant in the family Burmanniaceae. It can be found from Mexico to Ecuador and Venezuela. It mostly grows in tropical rainforests and lives parasitically on fungus to survive. It can remain underground for many years, emerging only when the conditions are right to flower and fruit.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Gymnosiphon suaveolens by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
