taxonID	type	description	language	source
110B2817FF9AB72EFF07FE7CBDF6FE51.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — COLOMBIA. Caldas: Riosucio, la Tabarquina, 2,640 m, 9 February 2024, T. Arias et al. 1359 (holotype: CUVC!, isotype: SEL! Spirit). Lepanthes abacheke is most similar to Lepanthes gloriagaleanoana J. S. Moreno, Restrepo & Zuluaga (2023: 669) but differs in key features. The dorsal sepals of L. abacheke are suffused with dark pink to light yellow near the apex and upper margins (vs. purplish-red with green margins in L. gloriagaleanoana). The lateral sepals have marginal stripes from dark pink to yellow along the center, are ovate with an acuminate apex, and connate at the base (vs. purplish-red outer margins and yellow-green inner margins). The lip is dark pink, glossy, and bilaminate, with oblong blades having incurved apices and green to yellow rounded tips, and bears a short, ovate, tridentate, pubescent at the base appendix (vs. linear oblong blades with obtuse ends and a short triangular, subacuminate appendix with pubescent vertices).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF9AB72EFF07FE7CBDF6FE51.taxon	description	Description: — Epiphytic herb, caespitose, small to medium size, 12 – 15 cm tall. Roots fasciculate, terete, attenuating slightly towards the apex. Ramicauls 7 – 15 cm long, enclosed by 5 – 7 lepanthiform sheaths, with acute dilated ostia, and ciliate margins. Leaves hirsutuluos when mature, deep purple adaxially except along the margins, slightly coriaceous, narrowly cordate, acuminate, 1.62 × 1.65 cm; the acute base narrowing into a petiole 9.71 mm long. Inflorescence a congested successively flowered raceme, 2.2 cm long, borne adaxially on the leaf emerging from the apex of the ramicaul via a filiform peduncle 1.62 cm long; floral bracts 1.0 – 1.2 mm long; pedicels 1.39 – 1.75 mm long. Ovary costate 3.68 mm long. Sepals pubescent including margins, with visible filiform papillae along the margins. Dorsal sepal slightly concave, suffused towards the apex and the upper part of the margins from dark pink to light yellow, ovate, with acuminate apex, 4.56 × 3.77 mm, 3 - veined, connate to the lateral sepals for 2.13 mm. Lateral sepals with suffused marginal stripes from dark pink to yellow longitudinal along the center of both, ovate, acuminate apex, 4.43 – 4.46 mm × 2.47 – 2.49 mm, connate 1.75 mm at its base, 2 - veined. Petals vinaceous-purple with suffused yellow towards the margins, glabrous, 3.61 mm, transversely bilobed, somewhat falcate, the upper lobes oblong, broadly obtuse 0.92 – 0.95 mm long, the lower lobe triangular, narrowly obtuse 0.44 mm long. Lip vinaceous-purple, glossy, body saccate, bilaminate with oblong blades, with apices of the base incurved, and the green to yellow apices rounded, 2.36 – 2.44 × 0.69 mm, connate to the column at the base by short cuneate triangular connectives, the appendix short, ovate, tridentate and pubescent at the base. Column adaxially cordate, abaxially ovate cuneiform 1.8 mm long, ventral anther located towards the center of the column dividing the bilobated ovate stigma. Anther cap oblong 0.63 mm wide. Pollinia 0.59 mm long.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF9AB72EFF07FE7CBDF6FE51.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — Lepanthes abacheke was found between the Tatamá páramo and the Farallones de Citará; the forest is under the influence of the Chocó Jetstream. The forest canopy is between 15 and 20 m, dominated by palms, tree ferns and Bromeliads.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF9AB72EFF07FE7CBDF6FE51.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The meaning of the specific epithet of Lepanthes abacheke comes from the traditional indigenous language of the Embera people, indigenous to the Chocó region of Colombia and the Darién region of Panama, being a combination of the words Âba, which means ‘ one’ or ‘ first, ’ and Cheke, ‘ small’ or diminutive; signifying brother or heart friend, which can also be understood as little brother or little friend. Taxonomic discussion: — The new species likely belongs to an informal group of species referred to as “ manabina group ” as proposed by Baquero et al. (2021). This group includes species that share morphological traits such as deeply concave leaves with slightly to strongly recurved margins and an adaxial surface that ranges from microscopically to conspicuously pubescent. Additionally, the group is characterized by congested inflorescences with flowers positioned on the adaxial side of the leaves, accompanied by a synsepal that varies from short to long caudate and a notably small, inconspicuous triangular appendix. The most similar species within the group might be L. smaragdina Luer & R. Escobar (1994: 115), L. cincinnata Luer & R. Escobar (1993: 23) and L. ortiziana O. Pérez, E. Parra & Kolan (2011: 222). Among all reported Colombian species, Lepanthes abacheke is most similar to a recently described species Lepanthes gloriagaleanoana, but it differs from the latter by several characteristics. Lepanthes achabake has dorsal sepals suffused towards the apex and upper part of the margins from dark pink to light yellow, 4.56 × 3.77 mm (vs. purplish-red dorsal sepals with green margins, 4.8 – 4.9 × 5.5 – 5.6 mm). The lateral sepals in L. abacheke have suffused marginal stripes from dark pink to yellow along the center, are ovate with an acuminate apex, 4.43 – 4.46 × 2.47 – 2.49 mm, connate for 1.75 mm at the base (vs. purplish-red lateral sepals from the second vein to the outer margin and yellow green from the second vein to the inner margin, 5.5 – 6.6 × 3.2 – 3.9 mm). L. abacheke has a dark pink, glossy, saccate lip, bilaminate with oblong blades, with incurved apices in the upper ends and green to yellow rounded apices, 2.36 – 2.44 × 0.69 mm, with a short, ovate, tridentate, and pubescent appendix at the base (vs. linear oblong blades with obtuse upper and lower ends, 2.5 × 0.9 – 1.1 mm, and a short triangular, subacuminate appendix with pubescent vertices).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF96B72AFF07FF56BCE4FE3D.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — COLOMBIA. Antioquia: Jardín, Reserva Orquídeas, 2,454 m, 11 October 2021, T. Arias & S. Vieira 1254 (holotype: CUVC!, isotype: SEL! Spirit). Lepanthes alegria is most similar to Lepanthes davidii Gal. - Tar., Zuluaga & J. S. Moreno (2022: 86). L. alegria has dark green leaves, often deep purple adaxially except at the margins (vs. uniformly purple leaves). The inflorescence is a loose, successively and sparsely flowered raceme (vs. congested, distichous). The dorsal sepal is pale red-purple to green, ovate, with an acuminate apex (vs. fulvous-yellow with a reddish-brown center). The lateral sepals have pale red-purple to green stripes along the middle, are ovate with slightly papillate margins (vs. ovate, oblique, slightly attenuate). The petals are dark green to light green with purple margins, pubescent (vs. dull green with a reddish-brown center). The lip is dark purple, saccate, and microscopically pubescent, with oblong blades and a short, subquadrate appendix with two lateral lobes (vs. bilaminate, with oblong-lunate blades and a bisegmented, recurved, pubescent appendix). L. alegria has a column with a widely dilated, bilobed stigma (vs. a bilobed column with short, triangular lobes and a large clinandrium).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF96B72AFF07FF56BCE4FE3D.taxon	description	Description: — Epiphytic herb, caespitose, medium to large, 13 – 19 cm tall. Roots thick, fasciculate, terete, attenuating slightly towards the apex, melrose pink, turning green towards the apex, new roots all length green, 1.5 – 2.1 mm wide. Ramicauls 6.7 – 17.8 cm long, enclosed by 7 – 12 narrowly lepanthiform sheaths, with acuminate dilated ostia, papillose along the ribs, with ciliate margins. Leaves dark green, often deep purple adaxially but not along the margins, reticulate-veined, veins lighter green, slightly coriaceous, ovate, caudate, 6.2 – 9.5 × 1.9 – 3.0 cm; the rounded base narrowing into a petiole 1.3 – 1.5 cm long. Inflorescence a loose, successively and sparsely flowered raceme, 2.9 – 5.0 cm long, growing adaxially on the leaf by a filiform peduncle 1.5 – 3.6 cm long; floral bracts acuminate to acute, 1.4 – 2.1 mm long; pedicels 3.8 – 5.0 mm long, melrose pink. Ovary costate, 2.4 – 3.1 mm long. Dorsal sepal suffused from pale red-purple to green to light green, ovate, with acuminate apex, revolute, slightly papillate margins, 4.6 – 5.0 × 3.4 mm, 3 - veined, connate to the lateral sepals for 1.2 – 1.3 mm. Lateral sepals suffused wide with marginal stripes from pale red-purple to green to light, ovate, slightly papillate along the margins, acuminate apex, 4.0 – 4.5 × 2.0 – 2.1 mm, connate 1.8 – 1.9 mm at its base, 2 - veined. Petals dark green to lighter green suffused with purple towards the margins, pubescent, 4.1 – 7.5 mm long × 1.2 – 2.1 mm, transversely bilobed with a marginal process between the lobes, the upper lobe obliquely subquadrate, the inner angle of the obliquely truncate apex obtuse, the outer angle acute, the lower lobe longer, narrowly triangular, acute. Lip dark purple, body saccate bilaminate, microscopically pubescent, the blades oblong-lunate, with sub-acute base and apices, thin, flat, adherent medially to each other over the column, 1.7 – 2.3 mm × 0.5 – 0.7 mm, supported by cuneate, short, triangular connectives from near basal end, the body broad, rounded, adnate to the base of the column with an obtuse sinus, the appendix short, subquadrate, with two lateral short lobes. Column terete 1.6 – 1.8 mm, anther apical, anther cap pubescent, pollinia 0.7 – 0.8 mm, stigma ventral, bilobed widely dilated and inflated.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF96B72AFF07FF56BCE4FE3D.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — Lepanthes alegria was found in cloud forest of Jardin, Tamesis and Riosucio (Antioquia and Caldas departments) at 2,400 – 2,800 m elevation.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF96B72AFF07FF56BCE4FE3D.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet has been chosen as a symbol of hope for all Colombians living in the few remaining forested mountains of Antioquia and Caldas, it is also a reflection of what the authors feel when studying orchids. Additional material examined (paratypes): — COLOMBIA. Caldas: Riosucio, via Jardin – Riosucio, Truchera Los Alpes, Arroyo Hondo, 2,800 m, 12 October 2021, T. Arias et al. 715 (CUVC!, SEL! Spirit). Taxonomic discussion: — This species has affinity, with other species such as Lepanthes brunnescens Luer (1984: 179), L. davidii Gal. - Tar., Zuluaga & J. S. Moreno and L. ortegae Luer & Hirtz. In Luer (1996: 132). Most of these species have a process of different shape and size emerging between the upper and lower lobes of the petal, the lip is saccate, with concavo-convex elliptical blades. These species also showed variation in terms of the fusion degrees of the lateral sepals and the appendix. Lepanthes alegria is most similar to Lepanthes davidii, but it differs from the latter by several characteristics. L. alegria has dark green leaves that are often deep purple adaxially, except along the margins, and measure 6.2 – 9.5 × 1.9 – 3.0 cm (vs. purple leaves, 6.1 – 6.9 × 2.3 – 3.4 cm). The inflorescence is a loose, successively and sparsely flowered raceme, up to 2.9 – 5.0 cm long (vs. with a congested, distichous raceme, 1.3 – 4.4 cm long). The dorsal sepal is suffused from pale red purple to green to light green, ovate, with an acuminate apex, measuring 4.6 – 5.0 × 3.4 mm (vs. fulvous-yellow sepals and a reddish-brown center on the dorsal sepal, 3.3 – 4.0 × 2.7 – 2.9 mm). The lateral sepals are suffused with marginal stripes from pale red purple to green to light green along the internal longitudinal middle, ovate with slightly papillate margins, measuring 4.0 – 4.5 × 2.0 – 2.1 mm (vs. ovate, oblique, slightly attenuate lateral sepals, measuring 2.9 – 3.4 × 1.9 – 2.0 mm). The petals are dark green to lighter green suffused with purple towards the margins, pubescent, measuring 4.1 – 7.5 × 1.2 – 2.1 mm (vs. lobes dull green, reddish-brown in the center, measuring 0.9 – 1.3 × 4.3 – 6.5 mm). The lip is dark purple, saccate microscopically pubescent, with oblong, 1.7 – 2.3 × 0.5 – 0.7 mm, and a short, subquadrate appendix with two lateral short lobes (vs. a bilaminate lip, oblong-lunate blades, measuring 2.2 – 3.1 × 0.6 – 0.8 mm, and a bisegmented slender, recurved, pubescent appendix with an ovoid apical portion deflexed and the basal portion concave). Furthermore, Lepanthes alegria has a column with a widely dilated and inflated bilobed stigma (vs. bilobed column with short, lateral, triangular lobes measuring 1.5 mm long, and a large clinandrium).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF93B737FF07FB4AB9E2F848.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — COLOMBIA. Putumayo: Páramo de Bordoncillo, carretera vía Santiago-La Cocha-recorrido llegando al alto, 3,000 m, 27 October 2021, T. Arias et al. 808 (holotype: CUVC!, isotype: SEL! spirit). Lepanthes ganesha is most similar to Lepanthes callisto Luer & Hirtz (1987: 287), but it can be distinguished by its concave, glabrous, lateral sepals with prominent veins giving a folded appearance (vs. lateral sepals that are pubescent within and convex above the middle). The petals in Lepanthes ganesha are minutely pubescent, transversely bilobed, with the upper lobe triangular and obtuse, longer than the lower lobe (vs. orange petals, suffused with red medially, also transversely bilobed but with narrowly triangular, acute upper lobes much larger than the lower lobes). The lip of Lepanthes ganesha is bilaminate, ovate asymmetrical with pubescent apices (vs. bilaminate, narrowly ovate, and glabrous).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF93B737FF07FB4AB9E2F848.taxon	description	Description: — Medium to small in size, epiphytic, caespitose, up to 12 cm tall. Roots slender, flexuous, filiform, 0.38 – 0.46 mm in diameter. Ramicauls 6.96 – 7.4 cm long, enclosed by 6 – 7 large, setose, lepanthiform sheaths. Leaves erect, coriaceous, prominently concave, green suffused with purple, ovate, acuminate 3.7 × 4.3 cm, rounded base, petiole 0.6 – 1.0 cm long. Inflorescence congested, distichous raceme of up to 2.7 cm, successively flowering, with up to 24 flowers, growing in the concave, abaxial surface of the leaf by a filiform peduncle 1.55 cm long; floral bracts acuminate, imbricate, lanceolate with truncate base, 1.89 – 1.99 mm long, pedicel 2.4 mm long. Ovary costate 2.75 – 3.13 mm long. Flowers with lateral sepals red towards the apex and pale green to yellow towards the basis, with rose margins, dorsal sepal pale green to yellow, suffused with red, lateral petals with lower lobes from orange, to sometimes changing towards the base to dark pink or suffused with this color, and sometimes extending towards the internal margins of the upper lobes or towards the apex, central part of the lower lobes and external margins orange suffused with dark pink or sometimes all orange. Dorsal sepal ovate, longitudinal halve concave, attenuate, 5.36 – 5.86 × 3.97 – 4.05 mm, 3 - veined, main veins prominent that they are visibly elevated above the sepal surface, connate to the lateral sepals 2.15 – 2.34 mm. Lateral sepals, broadly ovate, obtuse, concave, acute, apiculate, the apex diverging, 5.22 – 5.48 × 3.86 – 4.31 mm, connate by 2.26 – 2.59 mm at its base, 3 - veined, main veins prominent that they are visibly elevated above the sepal surface, giving it a strongly ribbed appearance. Petals minutely pubescent, transversely bilobed, 4 × 1.23 mm long, the upper lobe narrowly triangular, obtuse, more than two times longer than the lower lobe, 3 mm long, the lower lobe short, oblique, triangular, obtuse up to 1.19 mm long. Lip bilaminate, the blades glabrous and shiny, the blade ovate asymmetrical towards the lower portion, pubescent in the apices, 0.81 × 2.91 mm, the connectives thick, broadly oblong, adnate to the base of the column, the sinus broad; the appendix short, oblong in the middle part, with two vertices in each side. Column pink to orange, 2.05 mm long, the anther dorsal, the stigma ventral. Anther cap cordate, 0.53 mm wide. Pollinia pyriform, lanceolate, 0.77 mm long.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF93B737FF07FB4AB9E2F848.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — Lepanthes ganesha is known only from the type locality in the Páramo de Bordoncillo, along the road between Santiago and La Cocha, in the department of Putumayo, southern Colombia. It was found growing epiphytically at an elevation of approximately 3,000 meters above sea level. This area marks a transitional zone between upper montane cloud forest and páramo vegetation, characterized by high humidity, frequent fog, and low temperatures throughout the year. The species grows in elfin forest and páramo-edge habitats, where stunted trees and shrubs are heavily covered in mosses, liverworts, and other epiphytes.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF93B737FF07FB4AB9E2F848.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet for this species has been chosen in honor to one of the most widely worshiped deities in Hinduism. He is recognizable by his distinctive elephant-headed appearance, and it is referred to as the “ remover of obstacles. ” The shape of the flower in this new species resembles an elephant and the colors of the flowers are also associated with this deity. Ganesha elephant heads also symbolize wisdom and intelligence. Ganesha is seen as a symbol of unity and harmony, as he is believed to bring people together. Taxonomic discussion: — Lepanthes ganesha is similar to Lepanthes callisto, Lepanthes llanganatensis Luer & Hirtz (1990: 161) and Lepanthes teaguei Luer (1996: 165), these species are native to Ecuador. Lepanthes llanganatensis, described in 1990, inhabits the Llanganates range of Tungurahua at an elevation of 3,000 meters. This medium-sized species features yellow sepals, red-yellow petals, and an orange lip, with stout ramicauls enclosed by blackish, coarsely ciliate sheaths. On the other hand, Lepanthes teaguei, discovered in 1996, is found in the Cordillera del Cóndor in Zamora-Chinchipe at 1,650 meters. It is distinguished by its large, red flowers with yellow-red lips, produced on congested racemes, and slender ramicauls enclosed by closely fitting, glabrous sheaths. Lepanthes ganesha stands out from these two species due to its prominently veined, ribbed lateral sepals that are dark pink towards the apex and pale green to yellow towards the base. It has a pink to orange column measuring 2.05 mm long. The petals are minutely pubescent, transversely bilobed, with the upper lobe triangular and obtuse, longer than the lower lobe. Its lip is bilaminate with pubescent apices, unlike the glabrous lip of Lepanthes callisto, to which it bears some similarity. This combination of traits, particularly the ribbed appearance of the lateral sepals and the multicolored floral parts, distinguishes Lepanthes ganesha from all other known Lepanthes species.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF8FB733FF07FF56BF11FB79.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — COLOMBIA. Caldas: municipio Riosucio, sector la Tabarquina, camino al predio los Ramírez, comunidad de Mexico, 2,640 m, 8 February 2024. T. Arias et al. 1323 (holotype: CUVC!, isotype: SEL! Spirit). Lepanthes matachin is most similar to L. dactylopetala Luer & Hirtz (2012: 346) but differs in several features. L. matachin is a medium to large epiphyte herb with ramicauls enclosed by narrow lepanthiform sheaths with acute to caudate ostia and ciliate margins (vs. dilated, acuminate, ciliate sheaths). The inflorescence is a congested, distichous raceme with 11 – 12 flowers (vs. a congested, successively many-flowered inflorescence). The dorsal sepal is red with yellow margins thickening towards the base, microscopically pubescent, fimbriate, carinate, with an acute apex forming a slender tail, and connate to the lateral sepals (vs. translucent light-yellow sepals, green at the base, minutely ciliate). The petals are red, glabrous, and transversely bilobed (vs. dark red with dark orange borders). The lip is red and glossy with a yellow center, glabrous, coriaceous, with oblong-ovate blades having narrowly obtuse apices and a prominent median concavity (vs. dark orange, narrowly oblong blades with rounded lower ends and obtuse apices).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF8FB733FF07FF56BF11FB79.taxon	description	Description: — Epiphytic herb, caespitose, medium to large, 19.1 cm tall. Roots slender, terete, 0.39 mm in diameter. Ramicauls 15.3 cm long, enclosed by 11 – 13 narrowly lepanthiform sheath, with acute to caudate dilated ostia, with ciliate margins. Leaves, green adaxially with purple veins, deep purple abaxially, pubescent, erect, ellipticalovate, acute, acuminate, 4.8 – 6.1 cm × 1.9 – 2.0 cm; the base cuneate into a petiole 1.46 – 1.7 cm long. Inflorescence a congested, distichous, successively many flowered racemes producing 11 – 12 flowers, 1.85 – 2.21 cm long, borne by a peduncle 8.56 – 9.08 cm long; floral bracts acuminate 1.67 – 2.08 mm; pedicels terete 1.33 – 2.48 mm long. Ovary costate, 2.30 – 3.53 mm long. Dorsal sepal red with thin yellow margins becoming thicker towards the base, microscopically pubescent in the inner side, fimbriate, carinate, 4.70 – 6.56 × 2.13 – 3.09 mm, 3 - veined, lanceolate, margins slightly sinuous, the apex acute, contracted into a slender, filamentous tail, connate to the lateral sepals for 1.05 – 1.68 mm. Lateral sepals with a yellow thick margin towards the apex and red towards the center of the apex to the base, ending with dark purple caudae, pubescent in the inner side, fimbriate, carinate, ovate to triangular, oblique, 13 mm long, 4.59 – 6.37 × 1.31 – 1.91 mm, 2 - veined, connate 1.56 – 2.67 mm, the apices acute, long-acuminate, approximate to diverging. Petals red, microscopically pubescent, transversely bilobed, 0.77 – 0.96 × 3.49 – 5.24 mm, the upper falcate lobe with a short oblong lobule at the inner corner of an oblique, truncate apex and another oblong, obtuse lobule at the outer corner, the lower lobe narrowly triangular with a curvature, acuminate. Lip red glossy with yellow in the center, glabrous, coriaceous, bilaminate, with the blades oblong-ovate, flat with the apices narrowly obtuse, 2.43 mm long × 0.62 – 0.71 mm wide, with a conspicuous depression, forming a prominent concavity in the median region of each blade of the lip; the connectives short, cuneate, with the body connate to the base of the column; the appendix 3 - lobed, microscopically pubescent. Column clavate, 1.53 mm long, with the anther apical and the stigma ventral. Anther cap not seen. Pollinia not seen.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF8FB733FF07FF56BF11FB79.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — It was found on the way to the Ramirez farm in the transition between dense forest and forest plantations. The life zone for this species corresponds, according to Holdridge’s classification (Holdridge 1967), to very humid montane forest, as it has similar precipitation, but lower relative humidity percentages compared to the dense forest. Lephantes matachin is only from the Department of Caldas, municipality of Riosucio, on the western mountain range of Colombia. This area is influenced by the Tatamá páramo and the Farallones de Citará; the forest is well preserved and under the influence of the Chocó jet stream.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF8FB733FF07FF56BF11FB79.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The etymological origin of the word “ matachín ” comes from the Latin “ mattus ” meaning crazy, which was a way to refer to the jesters responsible for entertaining people. They also used to dress in colorful and vibrant clothes. The ‘ matachín’ is the one who creates, feels, and lives the carnival, who dresses up, writes, and keeps the tradition alive. Therefore, Lepanthes matachin is a tribute to the devil carnival of Riosucio as the main matachín and to all those who feel, create, and live this historic festival, which explains the origin of a multi-ethnic and multicultural town. Taxonomic discussion: — This species has affinity with other species such as L. dactylopetala Luer & Hirtz and L. tomentosa Luer (1991: 76). Among all reported Colombian species, L. matachin is similar to L. dactytilopetala, distributed in Colombia and Ecuador (Karremans et al. 2023, Luer & Thoerle 2012). L. matachin is a medium to large epiphytic with ramicauls enclosed by 11 – 13 mm narrowly lepanthiform sheaths with acute to caudate dilated ostia and ciliate margins (vs. ramicauls enclosed by ca. 15 dilated, acuminate, ciliate lepanthiform sheaths). The inflorescence of L. matachin is a congested, distichous raceme producing 11 – 12 flowers, 1.85 – 2.21 cm long, borne by a peduncle 8.56 – 9.08 cm long (vs. an inflorescence ca. 5 cm long, congested, successively many-flowered, to 2 cm long, borne by a peduncle 3 cm long). The dorsal sepal is red with thin yellow margins becoming thicker towards the base, microscopically pubescent on the inner side, fimbriate, carinate, 4.70 – 6.56 × 2.13 – 3.09 mm, with an acute apex contracted into a slender, filamentous tail, connate to the lateral sepals for 1.05 – 1.68 mm (vs. translucent light-yellow sepals, green toward the base, minutely ciliate, 12 mm long including the 5 - mm long tail, 5 mm wide). The petals are red, glabrous, microscopically pubescent, transversely bilobed, 0.77 – 0.96 × 3.49 – 5.24 mm (vs. L. dactylopetala with dark red petals with dark orange border, glabrous, transversely bilobed, 1 mm long at the junction of the lobes, 5 mm wide). The lip is red glossy with yellow in the center, glabrous, coriaceous, with the blades oblong-ovate, with the apices narrowly obtuse, 2.43 mm × 0.62 – 0.71 mm, with a conspicuous depression forming a prominent concavity in the median region of each blade of the lip (vs. dark orange, the blades narrowly oblong, 3.5 mm long, with the lower ends rounded and the apices acute).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF88B73FFF07FAD6BF06FF55.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — COLOMBIA. Caldas: Riosucio, La Tabarquina, 2,640 m, 9 February 2024. T. Arias et al. 1336 (holotype: CUVC!, isotype: SEL! Spirit). Lepanthes monticola is a small epiphyte with ramicauls enclosed by 4 – 9 lepanthiform sheaths (vs. 10 – 13). Its leaves are pendant, coriaceous, and narrowly ovate with a cuneate base (vs. elliptical, reticulate beneath). The inflorescence is a congested, long-pedicellate, distichous raceme borne adaxially, with a slender peduncle (vs. up to 5 mm long, filiform peduncle). The dorsal sepals are yellow with a red center, denticulate, carinate, and concave (vs. yellow, glabrous, forming an ovate synsepal). The petals are dark red at the center, yellow at the tips, pubescent, and transversely trilobed, with triangular upper lobes and linear mid and lower lobes (vs. tripartite with narrowly linear segments, yellow upper and mid segments, and orange lower segment). The lip is red, pubescent, bilaminate with narrowly elliptical-oblong blades, ciliate, and features a slender, oblong, concave appendix (vs. narrowly oblong blades with a large, narrowly triangular appendix). The column is slender and clavate (vs. terete in L. skeleton).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF88B73FFF07FAD6BF06FF55.taxon	description	Description: — Epiphytic herb, 4.8 – 7.5 cm tall, caespitose, roots slender 0.48 – 0.62 mm in diameter Ramicauls 3.3 – 5.2 cm long, enclosed by a 4 – 9 narrowly lepanthiform sheaths. Leaves, erect to suberect, coriaceous, narrowly ovate, acute, 1.7 – 2.72 × 2.76 – 3.46 cm; the base cuneate into a petiole 4.47 cm long. Inflorescence a congested, long-pedunculate, distichous, successively flowered racemes producing 2 – 9 flowers one at a time, 1.84 – 2.2 cm long, borne on the adaxial surface of the leaf by a slender peduncle, 1.1 – 1.49 cm long; floral bracts, acuminate, 0.69 – 0.74 mm long; pedicels 2.92 – 4.11 mm long, melrose pink. Ovary costate, 1.24 – 1.29 mm long. Dorsal sepal yellow with a red center, fimbriate, carinate abaxially, ovate, apex acute, concave, 4.16 × 2.1 mm, 3 - veined connate to the lateral sepals for 0.97 – 0.98 mm. Lateral sepals yellow with a longitudinal wide red stripe in the middle, fimbriate, carinate abaxially, slightly concave, ovate, attenuate, 3.64 – 3. 66 × 1.47 mm, 2 - veined, connate. Petals yellow towards the tips and dark red towards the center, minutely pubescent, transversely trilobed, the upper lobe oblong to triangular, obtuse, the mid and lower lobes, narrowly linear, 4.64 – 4.91 × 0.41 – 0.49 mm, the lower lobe is thicker and longer than the middle lobe, with both lobes around 2 x the length of the upper one. Lip red pubescent, bilaminate, the blades narrowly elliptical-oblong, ciliate, 2.24 – 2.32 × 0.23 – 0.25 mm, the connectives short, broadly cuneate, adnate to the column base by one-third the size of connectives, connectives holding the blades from below from their two apical thirds, the sinus acute, connate to the column at the base, appendix, pubescent, slender, oblong, concave, protruding downward. Column, slender, clavate, 1.92 – 2.13 mm long, stigma ventral anther dorsal. Anther cap not seen. Pollinia not seen.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF88B73FFF07FAD6BF06FF55.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — Found on the Ramirez land growing on preserve and very humid montane forest.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF88B73FFF07FAD6BF06FF55.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The meaning of the specific epithet of the species Lepanthes monticola comes from the Latin word’s mons, which means ‘ mountain, ’ and ‘ colo, ’ which signifies ‘ inhabitant’ or ‘ dweller. ’ In other words, it refers to the inhabitant of the mountains or a mountaineer, honoring in this way the territory of the Mountain, the place where rural and indigenous communities live. Additional material examined (paratype): — COLOMBIA. Caldas: Riosucio, Las Planadas. 2,221 m, 13 October 2021, T. Arias et al. 726 (CUVC!, SEL! Spirit). Taxonomic discussion: — This species has affinity with species such as Lepanthes skeleton Luer & R. Escobar (1984: 722), L. heptapus Luer & R. Escobar (1983: 1266), L. hexapus Luer & R. Escobar (1984: 144) and L acrogenia Luer & R. Escobar (1991: 24). Most of these species have a congested, long-pedicellate, distichous, successively many flowered racemes, pubescent flowers, with tri-partite, long slender and terete petals. Lepanthes monticola is a small epiphytic plant, of 4.8 – 7.5 cm in height, with ramicauls 3.3 – 5.2 cm long, enclosed by 4 to 9 lepanthiform sheaths (vs. 10 to 13). Its leaves are erect to suberect, coriaceous, narrowly ovate, 1.7 – 2.72 cm long and 2.76 – 3.46 cm wide, with a cuneate base into a petiole 4.47 cm long (vs. erect, coriaceous, reticulate beneath, elliptical, 15 – 18 mm long and 7 – 8 mm wide, with a petiole 1 – 1.5 mm). The inflorescence is a congested, long-pedicellate, distichous, many-flowered raceme, 1.84 – 2.2 cm long (vs. up to 5 mm long), borne on the adaxial side of the leaf with a slender peduncle 1.1 – 1.49 cm long (vs. filiform peduncle 10 – 15 mm). The dorsal sepals are yellow with a red center, denticulate, carinate, ovate, concave, 4.16 × 2.1 mm, connate to the lateral sepals for 0.97 – 0.98 mm (vs. yellow, glabrous, denticulate on the margins and carinae, the dorsal sepal ovate, acute, concave, 3.75 × 2.5 mm, connate to the lateral sepals for 0.5 mm, forming an ovate synsepal 3.5 × 2.25 mm). The petals are yellow towards the tips and dark red towards the center, pubescent, transversely trilobed, with the upper lobe triangular and acute, the mid and lower lobes narrowly linear, 4.64 – 4.91 0.41 – 0.49 mm (vs. tripartite petals, minutely pubescent, with narrowly linear segments, the upper and middle segments yellow and 1.25 mm long, and the lower segment orange and 1.5 mm long). The lip is red, pubescent, bilaminate, with narrowly elliptical-oblong blades, ciliate, 2.24 – 2.32 × 0.23 – 0.25 mm, with short, broadly cuneate connectives, adnate to the column base by one-third the size of the connectives, with an acute sinus, a pubescent, slender, oblong, concave appendix protruding downward (vs. red, pubescent, bilaminate lip, with narrowly oblong blades, 1.2 mm long, and a large, narrowly triangular, pubescent appendix, 0.8 mm long). The column is slender, clavate, 1.92 – 2.13 mm long (vs. terete and 1.5 mm in L. skeleton).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF84B73AFF07FEC2BF41FC59.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca: El Cairo, Reserva Cerro El Inglés, Serranía de Los Paraguas, near to the departamental border, 2,231 m, 29 October 2021, T. Arias et al. 741 (holotype: CUVC!, isotype: SEL! Spirit). Among all reported Colombian species, L. serraniaguae is similar to L. trinaria Luer & R. Escobar (1997: 311), apparently endemic to the Antioquia department, they both share the upper lobe of the petals heavily bifurcated and a protruding column whether the lip is somewhat reduced. It can be distinguished by the ovate-elliptical, caudate leaves (vs. cordate-ovate, subacute leaves), the congested inflorescences with much shorter pedicels (vs. sublax), the orange to vinaceous flowers with heavily connate lateral sepals (vs. translucent yellow-green sepals, barely connate, narrower and diverging from each other) the petals light orange to red-magenta, puberulent, often forked into an inner filiform secondary segment, narrower, segments glabrous (vs. brown, bifurcate upper lobe of the petals, the external one ciliate at the distal half).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF84B73AFF07FEC2BF41FC59.taxon	description	Description: — Epiphytic herb, small to medium in size, caespitose, horizontal to erect, up to 5.83 cm tall. Roots slender, flexuous, filiform, 0.42 – 0.48 mm in diameter. Ramicauls 3.13 – 3.67 cm long, enclosed by 5 – 9 infundibuliform (lepanthiform) sheaths, papillose along the ribs, with a ciliate, acuminate, and dilated ostia. Leaves sometimes suffused with purple abaxially and even more rarely adaxially, papyraceous, the veins conspicuous at both faces, reticulated, ovate-elliptical, heavily acuminate, triapiculate, 2.97 – 3.17 × 0.99 – 1.1 cm; the cuneate base narrowing into a petiole ca. 5 mm long. Inflorescence a distichous, filiform, successively and congested several flowered raceme, nearly as long as the leaf or shorter, ca 3.33 – 3.45 cm long, borne at the adaxial side of the leaf, by a peduncle sparsely papillose 5.17 – 6.22 cm long; floral bracts membranous, conical, papillose, obtuse, 0.96 – 1.51 mm long; pedicels 1.69 – 2.18 mm long. Ovary costate, conical, 2.69 – 3.01 mm long. Flowers with sepals orange to vinaceous, somewhat hyaline, the dorsal sepal sometimes suffused with magenta at its base, the lateral sepals sometimes suffused with vinaceous along its internal longitudinal middle, petals light orange to red-magenta, even yellowish, lip orange to reddish-magenta. Sepals anatomically presenting crystals, carinate abaxially along the veins, with conspicuous filiform-like papillae along the margins, slightly revolute longitudinally, widely spread. Dorsal sepal ovate, subacute, 4.41 – 4.95 × 2.75 – 3.15 mm, 3 - veined, connate to the lateral sepals for less than 1.34 mm. Lateral sepals, ovate, oblique, acute to subacute, 4.07 – 4.59 × 1.89 – 2.21 mm, connate each other 1.19 – 1.73 mm at its base, 2 - veined. Petals transversely bilobed, microscopically puberulent, 5.07 – 6.06 × 0.61 – 0.99 mm, the upper lobe linear to acute, variably forked or not into an inner filiform secondary segment, often twisted at the apex and larger than the lower lobe, which is thinner and about ⅓ the length of the upper lobe, narrowly triangular-linear, filiform, uncinate-falcate. Lip bilaminate, inconspicuously puberulent, the blades ovate-lanceolate, getting acute but the apex obtuse, 0.61 – 1.09 × 0.17 – 0.28 mm, the connectives cuneate, connate to the column at the base, the appendix short, narrowly triangular, stout pubescent, the base dilated, with a Vshaped protuberance at the tip; column stout, 1.65 mm long, the anther apical, the stigma ventral, the clinandrium stiff haired; anther cap oblong, cucullate, ca. 0.34 mm long; pollinia not seen.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF84B73AFF07FEC2BF41FC59.taxon	distribution	Distribution and ecology: — The new species has been only found close to the pedestrian´s trail near the departmental border between Valle del Cauca and Chocó, in small shrubs branches near the floor, where it was locally abundant.	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF84B73AFF07FEC2BF41FC59.taxon	etymology	Etymology: — The specific epithet was chosen to honor Serraniagua, a community-based environmental organization that owns the land of the Reserva Natural Comunitaria Cerro El Inglés, in the Valle del Cauca department of Colombia, where the type specimen was collected. Taxonomic discussion: — Lepanthes serraniaguae appears to be morphologically related to Lepanthes trinaria, endemic to the Antioquia department, both sharing the upper lobe of the petals variably forked and a protruding column. however, in addition to the characteristics included in the diagnosis, they can be also differentiated by the ciliate apex of the lip blades of the new species (vs. the blades glabrous, microscopically cellular-pubescent), as well as the appendix, narrowly triangular, stout pubescent, dilated at the base, with a V-shaped protuberance at the tip (vs. oblong, pubescent, bilobed at the apex).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
110B2817FF80B73BFF07FCEDBDFDFB9F.taxon	materials_examined	Type: — COLOMBIA. Valle del Cauca: El Cairo, Cerro del Inglés, Serranía de los Paraguas, 2250 m, 1 January 1987, P. Silverstone- Sopkin 2864 (holotype: CUVC; isotype: MO; Luer illustration 18470). = Lepanthes licrophora Luer & B. T. Larsen (2013: 179) syn. nov. Type: — ECUADOR. Sine loco accurato, sine datum, imported from Ecuagenera, Gualaceo, Ecuador, flowered in cultivation, February 2013 in Borgerhout, Belgium. B. Larsen 2012 - 0430 - 02 (holotype: MO!).	en	Arias, Tatiana, Moreno, Juan Sebastián, Restrepo, Eugenio, Alegría-Valencia, Melisa, Cadavid-Morales, David Emilio, Alarcón-Vinasco, Sergio Fernando, Davila, Camila, Zuluaga, Alejandro (2025): Expedition Lepanthes (Orchidaceae) of Colombia: discovery of six new species and observations on a curious case of flower polymorphism. Phytotaxa 705 (2): 115-148, DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1, URL: https://doi.org/10.11646/phytotaxa.705.2.1
