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Specklinia Lindl.
(2022)
Specklinia is a genus of 106 species in the Pleurothallidinae
subtribe. Its members are distributed from Mexico, through
Central America and the Antilles, to Bolivia and Brazil, with
the highest species and phylogenetic ...
Nomenclatural notes in the Pleurothallidinae (Orchidaceae): Stelis
(2015-03-25)
Nomenclatural changes are made in order to place within Stelis a series of species that belong to it in the sense of Genera Orchidacearum, and without previous available names in that genus. New species, names and combinations ...
Masdevallia encephala
(2017)
The habit of Masdevallia encephala is quite like any other species of the genus, however, the infated, almost completely fused, sepal blades, and bristle-like tails result in a very unique sub-globose fower. Te name, which ...
Sweet as Vanilla hartii: Evidence for a nectar-rewarding pollination mechanism in Vanilla (Orchidaceae) flowers
(2023-05-01)
Little is known about the pollination mechanisms of species belonging to the genus Vanilla (Orchidaceae). Both autonomous self-pollination and animal-mediated pollination mechanisms seem to exist amongst the Vanilla species, ...
Costa Rica, land of endless orchids
(2013-07)
With almost 1,600 reported species (Karremans et al. 2012), Costa Rica has one of the richest orchid floras in tropical America, currently surpassed in total species number only by Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru (Govaerts ...
Evolution of Seed Dispersal Modes in the Orchidaceae: Has the Vanilla Mystery Been Solved?
(2023)
Orchid seeds are predominantly wind-dispersed, often developed within dry, dehiscent fruits that typically release millions of dust-like seeds into the air. Animal-mediated seed dispersal is a lesser-known phenomenon in ...
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) ...
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 ...
To be, or not to be a Stelis
(2019-12-17)
Despite the availability of multiple sources of evidence and consistency in the support for a broadly circumscribed Stelis Sw. (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), some authors continue to be hesitant in its use. It is certain ...
Horichia Jenny
(2022)
Rarity, in orchids, is often closer to a perception than to a specific category of frequency, assessed on the basis of documented data. Rare species are frequently only a way to say that they are rarely seen in living ...