Scaphosepalum tarantula (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae), a new species from Ecuador

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 sepals and a dark sanguine, wingless lip. It is here compared to Scaphosepalum fimbriatum with which it shares similarities.
 Key words: new species, Pichincha, Scaphosepalum fimbriatum, sympatric species

Materials to the revision of the genus Cranichis (Orchidaceae) in Bolivia

“…Similar to many other new species of orchids (e.g. Averyanov et al 2015;Baquero et al 2018;Lin et al 2020) the new taxa described here are based on single specimens. This is not surprising as numerous tropical orchids are local endemics and their geographical ranges are often limited to small patches of forests or single valleys (Koopowitz 1992;Vermeulen and Lamb 2011).…”

A new and previously misidentified species of Trisetella (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae) from southeast Ecuador

“…& Baquero [sold as D. radiosa (Rchb.f.) Luer], to name a few (Meyer et al 2012, Jost & Iturralde 2017, Baquero et al 2018, Baquero 2019. Also, according to Yeager et al (2020), about twice the number of plants of Lepanthes Sw. exported out of Ecuador up to 2016 belong to unidentified species (including new species to science) versus the total amount of plants belonging to identified species of Lepanthes.…”