Lankester Composite Digital Plate (LCDP) of Pleurothallis falcata. A. Habit. B. Flower. C. Periant. D. Ovary, column and lip, lateral view. E. Lip, dorsal and lateral views. F. Column, front view. G. Column, ventral view. H. Anther and pollinarium. Photos by Nicolás Gutiérrez Morales.

Lankester Composite Digital Plate (LCDP) of Pleurothallis falcata. A. Habit. B. Flower. C. Periant. D. Ovary, column and lip, lateral view. E. Lip, dorsal and lateral views. F. Column, front view. G. Column, ventral view. H. Anther and pollinarium. Photos by Nicolás Gutiérrez Morales.

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Two new pleurothallid species of the genera Lepanthes and Pleurothallis, native to cloud forest remnants of the eastern Andes of Colombia, are described and illustrated. Lepanthes pseudoabitaguae is compared with Lepanthes abitaguae, from which it differs by the color of the flowers and by the oblong and biglandular appendix. Pleurothallis falcata...

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A new species of Lepanthes from the eastern Colombian Andes from the department of Santander has been discovered. Here it is described, illustrated, and compared with species with morphological affinities, particularly with the sympatric Lepanthes rabei, from which it can be separated by a combination of traits: the larger plant length, reaching up to 8.28 cm in height, the elliptical-lanceolate leaves, concolor, the sepals not denticulate, the lip blades ovate-oblong, obtuse, slightly falcate at the apex, the long cilia at the lip tip and the appendix minute, reflexed downwards, pubescent. Information about its distribution, phenology, and conservation status is also provided.