Lankesteriana International Journal on Orchidology ISSN: 1409-3871
[email protected] Universidad de Costa Rica Costa Rica Vieira-Uribe, Sebastián; Jost, Lou COLORFUL NEW SPECIES OF NEOOREOPHILUS (ORCHIDACEAE: PLEUROTHALLIDINAE) FROM THE EASTERN ANDES OF COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR Lankesteriana International Journal on Orchidology, vol. 15, núm. 3, octubre, 2015, pp. 213-217 Universidad de Costa Rica Cartago, Costa Rica Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=44343538005 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative LANKESTERIANA 15(3): 213–217. 2015. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v15i3.21752 A COLORFUL NEW SPECIES OF NEOOREOPHILUS (ORCHIDACEAE: PLEUROTHALLIDINAE) FROM THE EASTERN ANDES OF COLOMBIA AND ECUADOR SEBASTIÁN VIEIRA-URIBE1,2,4 & LOU JOST3 1 Sociedad Colombiana de Orquideología, Medellín, Colombia 2 Grupo de Investigación en Orquídeas, Ecología y Sistemática Vegetal, Universidad Nacional, sede Palmira, Colombia 3 Fundación EcoMinga, Baños, Tungurahua, Ecuador 4 Corresponding author:
[email protected] ABSTRACT. A new species of Neooreophilus from the eastern Andes of Colombia and Ecuador is described and illustrated. Neooreophilus chaoae is related to a group of species that includes N. cordilabius, N. chelosepalus and N. werneri characterized by having an obovate, pubescent dorsal sepal and spread or reflexed, non-pubescent lateral sepals ending with an apiculum. The new species can be distinguished by its narrowly triangular lateral sepals and its lip with lateral lobes not extending beyond the column.