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
(Image credit: Gaspar Silvera)
Lophiaris silverarum
(Image credit: Katia Silvera, UC Riverside)
Dimerandra emarginata
(Image credit: Katia Silvera, UC Riverside)
Rossioglossum ampliatum
(Image credit: Katia Silvera, UC Riverside)
Encyclia cordigera
(Image credit: Katia Silvera, UC Riverside)
Epidendrum anceps
(Image credit: Katia Silvera, UC Riverside)
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