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Exploring farmer preferences towards innovations in the vanilla supply chain
(2021-11)
The vanilla supply chain is characterized by high risk crop management and unstable supply. In order to meet global vanilla demand while improving production sustainability, new approaches considering agro-ecological ...
Epistephium Kunth
(2022)
The name Epistephium derives from the Greek epi-, upon,
and stephanos, crown, in reference to the crown-like calyculus
situated prominently at the seed capsule apex (Cameron 2003).
Epistephium is broadly distributed in ...
La Specklinia (Orchidaceae) con señuelo, una asombrosa nueva especie de los Andes occidentales en Colombia
The anglerfish Specklinia (Orchidaceae), an astonishing new species from the western Andes in Colombia
(2018)
Se describe e ilustra una nueva especie de Specklinia perte- neciente al subgénero Acostaea de los Andes occidentales de Colombia. Specklinia caulophryne está relacionada con S. campylotyle, pero puede distinguirse fácilmente ...
Trick or treat? Pollinator attraction in Vanilla pompona (Orchidaceae)
(2021-11)
Natural pollination of Vanilla species remains poorly understood. Our research aimed at better understanding the pollinator attraction mechanism of the Neotropical species Vanilla pompona. Based on our results, we hypothesize ...
Illustrations and Studies in Neotropical Orchidaceae. 3. On the identity of Dracontia pachyglossa and D. ramonensis; with a new species, D. lueriana (Pleurothallidinae)
(2012)
The Costa Rican Dracontia ramonensis is discussed and illustrated. It had been already illustrated as early as 1867 by A.R. Endres, but only described in 1923 by Rudolf Schlechter. Costa Rican specimens of that species ...
Platystele colombiana
(2017)
The relatively large flowers with long-cuadate sepals of Platystele colombiana are somewhat reminiscent of P. caudatisepala (C. Schweinf.) Garay, P. posadarum Luer & R. Escobar and P. baqueroi L. Jost & Iturralde. The new ...
Recent origin and rapid speciation of Neotropical orchids in the world's richest plant biodiversity hotspot
(2017)
The Andean mountains of South America are the most species‐rich biodiversity hotspot worldwide with c. 15% of the world's plant species, in only 1% of the world's land surface. Orchids are a key element of the Andean flora, ...
A new species and a new record of Malaxis (Malaxidinae) from Costa Rica
(2022-04-25)
We describe and illustrate a new species and a new record of Malaxis from the lower montane and montane forests of Costa Rica. Taxonomic descriptions, illustrations, distribution maps, and conservation assessments are ...
Masdevallia Leonor-baeziana (Pleurothallidinae): a New Species from the Andean-Amazonian Foothills of Caquetá, Colombia
(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 ...
Epidendrum falsigarayi
(2019)
Similar to Epidendrum garayi Løjtnant but the flower brick-red, petals and margin of lip wine-red (vs. greenish purple), sepals 12.0-12.3 x 6.0-6.3
mm, ovate (vs. sepals 10-12 x 3.0-4.0 mm, oblong-lanceolate, lateral ...