Gymnosiphon suaveolens

Gymnosiphon suaveolens is a flowering plant in the family Burmanniaceae.^[2][3] It can be found from Mexico to Ecuador and Venezuela. It mostly grows in tropical rainforests and lives parasitically on fungus to survive.^[4] It can remain underground for many years, emerging only when the conditions are right to flower and fruit.^[1]

Gymnosiphon suaveolens
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Dioscoreales
Family:	Burmanniaceae
Genus:	Gymnosiphon
Species:	G. suaveolens
Binomial name
Gymnosiphon suaveolens (H.Karst.) Urb.
Synonyms[2]
Benitzia suaveolens H.Karst. Ptychomeria suaveolens (H.Karst.) Schltr.