In Photos: Orchids

Stunning new orchid

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

Lophiaris silverarum

Dimerandra emarginata

Rossioglossum ampliatum

Encyclia cordigera

Epidendrum anceps