The following article was written for the Orchid Species Bulletin published by the Orchid Species Society, which is based in Brisbane, Queensland in November 2001.
Bear in mind that any cultivation notes refer to the sub-tropical conditions of Southern Queensland, Australia.
Gongora
truncata Lindl.
is a variable and often seen species in cultivation. Two colour variants were
shown at the October meeting. John
Lindley described it in the Botanical
Register in 1843. Lindley gave
it the specific epithet from the Latin truncatus
(truncate) for the lip, which looks to have been cut straight across.
Gga.
truncata has clustered ovoid to oblong-ovoid,
olive-green pseudobulbs that are 4.5-8 cm high and 3-3.5 cm diameter.
They are only slightly ridged with rounded rather than angular ridges.
At the apex of 
each pseudobulb are two, rarely three, pale green leaves.
The pleated leaves are up to 22-45 cm long and 4.5-8 cm broad.
Pendulous lateral inflorescences that are up to 30-60 cm long carry 10-20
flowers that are well spaced along
the rachis. Its dorsal sepal is
white to beige or flesh-coloured with irregular dark red to purple-brown
speckles, while the lateral sepals are white with the lower half speckled dark
red to purple-brown. Pure white with
yellow hypochile folds, the waxy lip may vary to pure light yellow.
Sometimes the lip may be obscurely marked
with purple-brown. The petals and
column have a light base colour that is finely speckled dark red.
The flowers are highly fragrant during the day and last for about 14
days.
A species of low altitudes between
150-950 m elevation, Gga. truncata is
distributed in