Resumen: El objetivo de esta investigación fue caracterizar, durante un ciclo anual, la relación fenología-clima de cuatro especies comunes de orquídeas en un bosque altoandino de la Cordillera Oriental colombiana. Se monitoreó mensualmente la floración y la fructific

Abstract: The objective of this research was to characterize, during an annual cycle, the relationship between weather and the phenology of four common orchid species in a high-Andean forest of the Eastern Cordillera of Colombia. Flowering and fruiting of 30 adult indi

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Abstract: Climate change projections in Colombia predict an average increase in temperature of 2.6°C and in precipitation of 20% by the end of the century. These changes would directly affect the tropical dry forest (TDF) and its biodiversity. Epiphytic orchids, more e

Resumen: Las proyecciones del cambio climático en Colombia, indican en promedio un incremento en 2.6°C de temperatura y 20% de la precipitación para el fin del siglo. Estos cambios afectarán directamente al bosque seco tropical (Bs-T) y su biodiversidad. Las orquídeas

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Abstract: A new species of Porroglossum (Pleurothallidinae), Porroglossum raoi Baquero & Iturralde, apparently endemic to a cloud forest close to Chical, is described here. Porroglossum raoi is compared to known species within the genus growing close to the area wh

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Abstract: A new species of Platystele (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) is described from foothill forest in the province of Carchi in northwestern Ecuador. The species has relatively large flowers for the genus, with long slender sepaline tails. It resembles Platystele

Resumen: Se describe una nueva especie de Platystele (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) de los bosques piemontanos de la provincia de Carchi en el noroccidente de Ecuador. Esta especie presenta flores relativamente grandes en relación a la mayoría de las especies del gé

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Abstract: The Dutch colonization of northeastern Brazil from 1630 to 1654 is described, with emphasis on the years 1636-1644, when the colony was under the administration of Johan-Maurits Prince of NassauSiegen (1604-1679). During his rule, the Company sent the geograp

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Abstract: In 2013, Caetano and colleagues published two lists of the Orchidaceae of the Municipality of Benedito Novo, Santa Catarina, totalling 99 species. Between January 2014 and September 2016, additional field trips were made and new species were found in the regi

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