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A highly threatened new species of Vanilla from Costa Rica
(2018)
A new species of Vanilla is described and illustrated from the southeastern tip of Costa Rica, close to the border with Panama. Vanilla karenchristianae was found in a region of the country that has no protected areas and ...
Trichocentrum pupulinianum (Orchidaceae)
(2013-02)
The following article details the career of Lankester Botanical Garden's researcher Franco Populin. His work within this institution has generated an important growth for the research of orchid species in Costa Rica. This ...
Brachionium kirbyi, a new species honoring the founder of the “Bosque de Paz” Orchid Project in Costa Rica
(2015)
A new species of Brachionidium from Costa Rica is described and illustrated. Brachionidium kirbyi is most similar to Brachionidium dressleri Luer. It can be recognized by the erect plants, up to 14 cm tall, often branching, ...
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 ...
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 ...
Visualizing Pleurothallids: Lankesteriana
(2015)
Descripción de la especie de orquídea Pleurothallids Lankesteriana.
Taxonomy in watercolor: the Specklinia endotrachys group, part 2
Taxonomie in Aquarell: die Specklinia-endotrachys-Gruppe, Teil 2
(2013)
in the last decade orchid systematics has focused especially on assessing evolutionary relationships among species and species groups, in an attempt to produce a solid phylogenetic framework for the family. While in general ...
Prosthechea ionophlebia and P. chacaoensis two different species, but which is which?
(2007)
Prosthechea ionophlebia and P. chacaoensis can be distinguished using several characters. Based on classical literature, the only diagnostic differences between P. chacaoensis and P. ionophlebia are flower size and the ...
The New Refugium Botanicum. Vanilla costaricensis
(2021)
Vanilla costaricensis Soto Arenas,
Lankesteriana 9:297. 2010. TYPE: Costa
Rica. Alajuela: Llanura de San Carlos. Alt.
200 m., Feb. 20, 1966. Lip white, tepals
same green as leaves; vine. Lowland
rainforest between Los ...
The New Refugium Botanicum. Specklinia endotrachys
(2016-05)
The new species Specklinia endotrachys description and illustration is presented.