In Photos: Orchids
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Stunning new orchid
These are the images of a new orchid species, Lophiaris silverarum, that was named after the family of Katia Silvera, a postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Riverside, who discovered the plant. The photo gallery also includes other orchid species that Silvera has studied.
Gorgeous discovery
Lophiaris silverarum
Dimerandra emarginata
Rossioglossum ampliatum
Encyclia cordigera
Epidendrum anceps
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