Abstract: Orchids are highly dependent on exogenous nutritional sources and mycorrhizal associations to survive, particularly when challenged by extreme environmental stress such as bushfires that contribute significantly to its decline in nature. In this study, the ef

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Abstract: Anathallis luteola is newly described and illustrated from the state of Bahia, northeast Brazil. It is similar to A. guarujaensis from which it can be distinguished by the smaller flowers, the successive two- flowered raceme, and shape of its floral segments.

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Abstract: A new species of Lepanthes, closely resembling L. hexapus and L. aguirrei, is described and illustrated. The new species is characterized by bilobed, filiform and curved petals. Ecological and taxonomic notes are given. In addition, the first known locality f

Resumen: Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Lepanthes, cercanamente relacionada a L. hexapus y L. aguirre. La especie nueva se caracteriza por tener pétalos bilobados, filiformes y curvados. Se proven notas ecológicas y taxonómicas. Además, se presenta por pri

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Abstract: Inflorescence stalk herbivory on the Mule Ear orchid (Trichocentrum undulatum) has been observed in Cuba, which resembles the specialized herbivory interaction seen in southern Florida between a specialized dipteran, Melanagromyza miamensis (Agromyzidae) and

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Abstract: A taxonomic synopsis of Peruvian Palmorchis with six accepted species is provided including four new species (P. blancae, P. liberolabellata, P. loretana and P. yavarensis) and a new record previously reported only for Ecuador (P. imuyaensis). This overview i

Resumen: Se presenta una sinopsis taxonómica de Palmorchis peruanas con seis especies aceptadas, incluyendo cuatro nuevas especies (P. yavarensis, P. blancae, P. liberolabellata y P. loretana) y un nuevo registro (P. imuyaensis) previamente reportado sólo para Ecuador

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Abstract: Recent explorations on one of the mountains of the Bukidnon province on the island of Mindanao in the Philippines resulted in a wild collection of Dendrochilum warrenii, an Orchidaceae species described in 2004 from a cultivated plant of unknown provenance. I

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Abstract: An orchid species, previously known from Northern Andes, is reported for first time in Peru: Sertifera purpurea. A description, illustration, photographs, and comments about the species are provided.

Resumen: Una especie de orquídea, previamente conocida de los Andes del Norte, se reporta por primera vez para el Perú: Sertifera purpurea. Se presenta una descripción, ilustración, fotografías y comentarios sobre la especie.

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Abstract: Pleurothallis minutilabia, a species unique in subsection Macrophyllae-Fasciculatae because of the minute, highly reduced lip, is described and compared to the most similar species in the subsection. It is also compared morphologically to Pleurothallis kaynag

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Abstract: A new species, Scaphosepalum tarantula, is described. It is recognized by the medium-sized plants with grey-green leaves suffused with red-brown to purple stains at the petioles; densely fimbriated, red-brown to sanguine flowers, spiky tails of the lateral se

Resumen: Se describe aquí Scaphosepalum tarantula, una nueva especie. Se reconoce por las plantas de tamaño mediano con hojas verde-gris salpicadas por manchas rojo-café en los peciolos; las flores densamente fimbriadas, café-rojizo a color sangre, con las caudas de l

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Abstract: The German botanist and Professor at the University of Göttingen, Georg Friedrich Wilhelm Meyer (1782-1856), studied the plants collected in the Dutch colony of Essequibo by Ernst Carl Rodschied and those kept in the herbarium of Professor Franz Karl Mertens,

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