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A new Ophidion (Orchidaceae, Pleurothallidinae) from the Pacific lowlands of Colombia and the unresolved phylogenetic position of Phloeophila s.l.
(2023)A species new to science of a miniature orchid, endemic to the humid Pacific lowland, Municipality of Buenaventura (Valle del Cauca, Colombia), is described and illustrated. Ophidion erectilabrum sp. nov. is morphologically ... -
Andinia pseudocaulescens
(2018)Andinia pseudocaulescens has a wide distribution and has been found on all three Cordilleras in Colombia as well as in Ecuador. It frequently grows together with other species of Andinia subgen. Brachycladium (Luer) ... -
Beyond the various contrivances by which orchids are pollinated: global patterns in orchid pollination biology
(2023)Orchidaceae show remarkable diversity in pollination strategies, but how these strategies vary globally is not entirely clear. To identify regions and taxa that are data-rich and lend themselves to rigorous analyses or are ... -
Convergent evolution of floral signals underlies the success of Neotropical orchids
(2013-08)The great majority of plant species in the tropics require animals to achieve pollination, but the exact role of floral signals in attraction of animal pollinators is often debated. Many plants provide a floral reward to ... -
Co‑occurring epiphytic orchids have specialized mycorrhizal fungal niches that are also linked to ontogeny
(2023)Mycorrhizal symbiosis has been related to the coexistence and community assembly of coexisting orchids in few studies despite their obligate dependence on mycorrhizal partners to establish and survive. In hyper-diverse ... -
Cyrtidiorchis gerardii
(2017)Cyrtidiorchis Rauschert is a small genus of some fve species distributed from Colombia and Venezuela to Peru, phylogenetically related to Sauvetrea Szlach. and Mormolyca Fenzl (Maxillarinae). Tey are characterized by ... -
Demystifying Orchid Pollination
(2023)Demystifying Orchid Pollination explores the fascinating natural history of orchids and the extraordinary means by which they reproduce. Author Adam P. Karremans reveals their hidden secrets, from the cruel obsession of ... -
Epidendrum fimbriatum
(2018)Epidendrum fimbriatum is recognized by its terrestrial or lithophytic habit, scandent stems, distichous leaves, an apical inforescence of numerous and successive non resupinate fowers. The tiny flowers are snow white ... -
Epidendrum schistochilum
(2018)Epidendrum schistochilum is recognized by the large, erect plants, distichous leaves, numerous, successive, non-resupinate flowers. The flowers are snow white with a thick, triangular, three-lobed, orange callus in the ... -
Flora introduced and naturalized in Central America
(2022)Successful control and prevention of biological invasions depend on identifying the sources, vectors, and pathways that are more likely to originate new invasions. Within this context, updated local and regional checklists ... -
Habenaria Willd.
(2022-12)The genus Habenaria was named in 1805 by the famous German botanist, dendrologist, and pharmacist Carl Ludwig Willdenow, a professor at the University of Berlin, member of the Berlin Academy of Sciences and director of the ... -
Horichia dressleri. A new genus recorded for Costa Rica and a truly rare orchid?
(2017)Orchid collectors, as well as scientists, know that some species are rarer than others. “Know” should perhaps be used in this context with some caution as, in general, rarity is something closer to a perception than ... -
Lycaste Lindl.
(2020)The British botanist John Lindley established Lycaste in Edwards’s Botanical Register in 1843. Based on morphological characters, he separated this group of orchids from the genus Maxillaria Ruiz & Pav. The generic name ... -
Masdevallia coccinea
(2019)Masdevallia coccinea is a widely distributed species in the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia, being locally abundant. It is “a most remarkable plant”, with large, bright red flowers. The lateral sepals are tail-less, and the ... -
Masdevallia hortensis
(2017)Masdevallia hortensis is similar to most other species of Masdevallia subgenus Meleagris, it can be distinguished by the callus at the apex of the dorsal sepal and the revolute, white, lateral sepals with a red-purple mid ... -
Masdevallia racemosa
(2018)Masdevallia racemosa, an endemic species from the Central Cordillera in Cauca department, is recognized by its long repent habit, with a creeping or ascending rhizome, a loose inflorescence of successive and simultaneous ... -
Maxillariella vulcanica
(2017)Maxillariella vulcanica is recognized by the ascending habit, slender cane-like stems bearing few, ellipsoid pseudobulbs. The flowers are white, diversely su used and spotted with pink, the lip bears a conspicuous callus ... -
Orchidaceae acostanae: typification of Costa Rican orchid species described by Rudolf Schlechter from collections by Guillermo Acosta
(2023)Rudolf Schlechter (1872–1925) described several orchid taxa based on specimens collected in Costa Rica during the first half of the 20th century. Unfortunately, the type material kept at the Botanical Museum of Berlin-Dahlem ... -
Phragmipedium humboldtii (Warsz.) J.T. Atwood & Dressler: on the correct name for the Central American long-petaled Phragmipedium; again
(2016)I was quite convinced that the complicated taxonomic history of the Central American long-petaled Phragmipedium, which has been misunderstood for over a century and caused a lot of uncertainties among both professional ...