At least 1600 species of orchids are known from Costa Rica. In the last 10 years, new species were discovered in the country on a regular basis. The most recent account by Karremans and co-workers 2012 (published in the latest issue of Lankesteriana, April 2012), records for the first time in Costa Rica several orchids previously known from Belize, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. Additionally, the article describes three new taxa, Epidendrum alieniferum, Epidendrum × sandiorum (a putative natural hybrid between E. oerstedii and E. ciliare) and Lepanthes kabebatae, all illustrated with color photographs and composite plates.
Other species described from Costa Rica and published by the staff of Lankester Botanical Garden in 2012 are: Dracontia lueriana, Lepanthes kleinii, Lepanthes tapantiensis, Lepanthes tristis and Oncidium henning-jensenii.
Read the article on the new species from Costa Rica:
Karremans, A.P., D. Bogarín, M. Fernández, C.M. Smith & M. A. Blanco
New species and records of Orchidaceae from Costa Rica. II.
Lankesteriana 12(1): 19—51.
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The following list summarises the new orchid species recently discovered:
Dracontia lueriana
Epidendrum alieniferum
Epidendrum × sandiorum
Lepanthes daniel-jimenezii
Lepanthes falx-bellica
Lepanthes kabebatae
Lepanthes kleinii
Lepanthes matamorosii
Lepanthes tapantiensis
Lepanthes tristis
Lepanthes vestigialis
Lepanthes viridis
Oncidium henning-jensenii
Pleurothallis adventurae
Pleurothallis neglecta
Pleurothallis silvae-pacis
Sobralia sanctorum
Sobralia purpurella
Trichosalpinx reflexa
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