Paphinia vermiculifera

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Orchid genus Paphinia
Plant Info
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Order: Asparagales
Family: Orchidaceae
Subfamily: Epidendroideae
Tribe: Maxillarieae
Subtribe: Stanhopeinae
Genus: Paphinia
Species: vermiculifera

About

A new Paphinia species found in 2003. The classification of this orchid species was published by Gunter Gerlach & Robert Louis Dressler; Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae I in Laneksteriana, 8:23-30. 2003. Paphinia vermiculifera is found in Panama. The original holotype was found in Coclé, El Valle de Antón. The plant flowered in cultivation on July 6th, 2002. The Holotype is kept at Missouri Botanical Garden.

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