• Anathallis transtalamancana Karremans & Chinchilla, sp. nov. 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián (2020-08-18)
      The new species is similar to A. endresii (Luer) Pridgeon & M.W.Chase, but can be distinguished by the 1-2-flowered raceme (vs. 3-4-flowered), the yellowish (vs. purple), glabrous, 4.6-4.8 mm long sepals (vs. ciliate, ...
    • El antes y el después de la investigación biológica y ecológica en Vanilla 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2022)
      Miguel Ángel Soto Arenas fue un experto en orquídeas, especialmente en la vainilla. Contribuyó a la divulgación del conocimiento sobre las orquídeas y promovió su conservación. La vainilla es un condimento muy valorado y ...
    • Distribución de Platystele sylvestrei (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae): Primeros registros para Colombia 

      Bonilla Morales, Miguel Macgayver; Aguirre Morales, Adriana Carolina; Mosquera Hernández, Johan de Jesús; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2016)
      Objetivo: Determinar la distribución y modelación del nicho ecológico de Platystele sylvestrei. Metodología: Se realizaron salidas de campo en el departamento del Meta con la finalidad de inventariar la flora Orchidaceae; ...
    • Epidendrum scandens: an unusual new orchid species endemic to the Cordillera de Talamanca in Costa Rica 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Rojas Alvarado, Gustavo; Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián (2023)
      We describe and illustrate a new species of Epidendrum from the montane forests on the Cordillera de Talamanca, in Costa Rica. Epidendrum scandens is unusually among the ‘Rugosum subgroup’ of ‘Ramosum group’ in the plants ...
    • First evidence for multimodal animal seed dispersal in orchids 

      Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Fernández Otárola, Mauricio; Sharma, Jyotsna; Watteyn, Charlotte; Warner Pineda, Jorge; Rodríguez Herrera, Bernal; Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián; Carman, Ernesto; Rojas Valerio, Emmanuel; Pillco Huarcaya, Ruthmery; Whitworth, Andrew (2022)
      Identifying the mechanisms for seed dispersal and persistence of species is a central aim of ecology. Seed dispersal by animals is an essential form of dissemination in many plant communities, including seeds of over 66% ...
    • Goodyera R.Br. 

      Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián (2022-12-01)
      The genus Goodyera was named in 1813 by leading Scottish botanist Robert Brown, who was director of the botany department of the British Museum, and president of the Linnaean Society of London. The name honors the English ...
    • Habenaria Willd. 

      Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián (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 ...
    • Masdevallia Leonor-baeziana (Pleurothallidinae): a New Species from the Andean-Amazonian Foothills of Caquetá, Colombia 

      Perdomo, Oscar; Trujillo Trujillo, Edwin; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip (2023-05-24)
      We describe and illustrate a new species of Masdevallia from the Andean-Amazonian foothills of Caquetá, Colombia. Masdevallia leonor-baeziana belongs to Masdevallia subsect. Saltatrices, within the M. constricta group. It ...
    • Pollinia as "pseudopalpi" on Archisepsis in Costa Rica: accidental or opportunistic? 

      Marshall, Stephen A.; Pupulin, Franco (2022-11)
      Male sepsids carrying pollinia as pseudopalpi were observed at three separate bait stations (small dung baits set out to attract other flies) about 500m apart along a side trail in the Peninsula Sector of Parque Nacional ...
    • Sarcoglottis C.Presl 

      Chinchilla Alvarado, Isler Fabián; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Pupulin, Franco (2022-12)
      The genus Sarcoglottis was named in 1827 by Czech botanist Carl Borivoj Presl, a professor at the University of Prague. The name comes from the Greek sarkos, meaning flesh, and glotta, tongue, in reference to the texture ...
    • Telipogon Kunth 

      Pupulin, Franco; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo (2022)
      Se presenta una sinopsis del género Telipogon en Costa Rica y se describen e ilustran tres nuevas especies.
    • The orchid genomic toolkit 

      Gravendeel, Barbara; Bogarín Chaves, Diego Gerardo; Dirks Mulder, Anita; Kusuma Wati, Richa; Pramanik, Dewi (2018)
      The application of genomic studies to orchids enables increasingly detailed discoveries of the evolution of both species and organs. We discuss different evolutionary questions that can be addressed using such approaches, ...
    • What’s the date? 

      Govaerts, Rafaël Herman Anna; Karremans Lok, Adam Philip; Shaw, Julian (2022)
      Rafaël Govaerts, Adam P Karremans and Julian Shaw go to lengths to establish the effective publication dates of some orchid names in the journal Revista Guatemalensis