Abstract

BAQUERO R, Luis E. Scaphosepalum Zieglerae , a showy new species in the genus (Pleurothallidinae: Orchidaceae). Lankesteriana [online]. 2017, vol.17, n.2, pp.305-310. ISSN 1409-3871.  http://dx.doi.org/10.15517/lank.v17i2.30209.

Scaphosepalum zieglerae is described from a small area near Chical in northern Ecuador. It is distinguished by the large plant, waxy yellow flowers densely spotted with brown red to blood-red, spiky tails of the lateral sepals and a dark blood-red, wingless lip. It is here compared to Scaphosepalum beluosum with which it shares most similarities, and to S. fimbriatum, another species with fimbriated sepaline tails.

Keywords : Ecuador; new species; osmophores; Scaphosepalum beluosum; S. fimbriatum; S. zieglerae.

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