Lepanthes johnsonii subsp. costaricensis Pupulin, Harvard Pap. Bot. 6(1): 291. 2001.

Costa Rica: Cartago: Orosi, road to the Parque Nacional Tapantí, about 1 km before the entrance of the park, 1160 m, epiphytic on a short tree along the roadside, 6 Feb 2000 Collector and Number: F. Pupulin 1979 (holotype, USJ; illustration of type).

 

 

 

 

 

ACCEPTED NAME

Lepanthes ruberrima Pupulin, Orch. Digest 76(1): 23. 2012.

Based on Lepanthes johnsonii subsp. costaricensis Pupulin, Harvard Pap. Bot. 6(1): 291. 2001.

TYPE: Costa Rica. Cartago: Orosi, road to the Tapantí National Park, about 1 km before the entrance of the park, 1160 m, epiphytic on a short tree along the roadside, 6 Feb. 2000, F. Pupulin 1979 [holotype, USJ, apparently lost (illustration of type; photo of the flowers from the plant that served as the holotype); neotype, designated by Pupulin & Bogarín (2012): Costa Rica. Cartago: Orosi, Tapantí, Purisil, road to Tapantí National Park, between restaurant Kirí and the entrance of the Park, about 1 km before the entrance, 9°45'50.4"N 83°47'24.4"W, 1245 m, epiphytic on short fence trees along the roadside, premontane wet forest, 20 August 2007, F. Pupulin 6859, M. Pupulin & C. Pupulin (CR; photo of the plant in situ)].