Biologists from the United States and Mexico have described a new orchid species from a mountainous area in central Panama. Lophiaris silverarum. Image credit: K. Silvera / University of California, Riverside. Orchidaceae, commonly known as the Orchid family, contains the largest number of plant species in the world – up to 30,000. Panama alone has about 1,100 known species. Orchids are unique in that the flower’s female and male reproductive...
