The word chapada means mountains.
The village of Mucugê is located in the center of mountains of the Chapada Diamantina, in una altitude of 980 meters.
The village was established at the major exploration programs for gold and diamonds, in the eighteenth century, and was, like the village of Lençóis located at the north, a large mineral trading center, as evidenced by the many Portuguese vestiges of that era.
Region : Chapada Diamantina State : Bahia
-Botanical data-
Botanical family : Orchidaceae Scientific name : Oncidium cf. flexuosum Sins.
Popular Name(s) : Unregistred in the database
(Common names given to plants have very different origins, and thus may be different from one state to another or even from one municipality to another.)
Geographical distribution (States) : Bahia,Espírito Santo,Minas Gerais,Rio de Janeiro,
Habitat : Any terrain Flowering : November to March Description : It is a land full of orquidée has pseudobulbs. The flowers are yellow (in the form of a ballerina adorned with a yellow label pronounced and several petals and sepals yellow speckled of brown. They are combined into several groups at the end of the rod which can be long (up to + or - 1.50 m). the leaves are long and thin.
Botanical data published on this page are from the following books :
− Plantas do Brasil − Espécies do Cerrado de Mário Guimarães Ferri. Editora Edgard Blücher LTDA. − Guia das plantas do Cerrado utilizadas na Chapada dos Veadeiros de Suelma Ribeiro Silva, Anna Palmira Silva, Cássia Beatriz Munhoz, Manoel Cláudio Silva Jr, Marcelo Brilhante de Medeiros (Projeto Veadeiros créé pelo WWF Brasil). − Flores e frutos do Cerrado de Carolyn Proenca, Rafael S. Oliveira e Ana Palmira Silva, Edition Imprensa Oficial. − Flores da Serra da Calçada de Leda Afonso Martens, Rafael S. Oliveira e Ana Palmira Silva, Editora ufmg. − Vereda - Guia do campo de Cássia Beatriz Rodrigues Munhoz, Chsterton Ulysses Orlando Eugênio, Regina Célia de Oliveira do Rede de Sementes do Cerrado Site : http://www.rededesementesdocerrado.com.br.
Very well illustrated and documented divulgation book