Paphinia vermiculifera
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Paphinia vermiculifera is a species of orchid found in 2003. It is endemic to Panama. It gains its name from the Latin word vermiculus meaning worm due to two distinctive worm-shaped emergences at the base of its labellum.[1] The original holotype was found in Coclé, El Valle de Antón. The plant flowered in cultivation on July 6, 2002. The holotype is kept at Missouri Botanical Garden.[2]
Taxonomy
The classification of this orchid species was published by Gunter Gerlach & Robert Louis Dressler; Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae I in Laneksteriana, 8:23-30. 2003.[1]
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