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FIGURE 11. Myoxanthus speciosus (Luer) Luer. A. Flower in natural position. B. Dissected perianth. C. Column and lip.
 Drawing by F. Pupulin based on Bogarin 1420 (JBL-spirit).


 Pupulin (2002a) and Luer (2003) cited this species
for Costa Rica based on a plant cultivated in Switzerland
and collected in "Cordillera de Talamanca, Sierra Hills
near Coraz6n de Jesus, alt. 2100 m" in Puntarenas
Province (Jenny P-25, MO). Luer (2003c) stated
that its origin is doubtful in all the collection details
including the country. However, material collected near
Cerro de La Muerte, along the Panamerican Highway
and flowered in the living collections at Lankester
Botanical Garden confirms the presence of this species
in Costa Rica.

12. Scaphyglottis robusta B.R.Adams, Phytologia 64:
 253. 1988. Type: Panama. Panama: El Llano-Carti-
 Tupile road, 10-12 km N of Inter-Am. Highway,
 9 January 1975, Luteyn & Wilbur 4679 holotypee,
 DUKE, not seen).

DISTRIBUTION: Costa Rica and Panama.

ETYMOLOGY: from the Latin robustus, "stout" in
reference to the robust and strong appearance of this
species compared with other members of the genus.

HABITAT IN COSTA RICA: epiphytic in tropical wet
premontane forest to 1150 m of elevation in the
Caribbean watershed of the Talamanca range.

COSTA RICAN MATERIAL STUDIED: Cartago: Jimenez,
La Esperanza, floreci6 en cultivo en la colecci6n de
Julio Carmona, La Suiza de Turrialba, 22 marzo
2006, D. Bogarin 2662 (CR, JBL-Spirit) (Fig. 12,

LANKESTERIANA8(2), August 2008. O Universidad de Costa Rica, 2008.


15-J). Turrialba, Pacayitas, calle a La Suiza, ca. km 8,
9052'29.9"N 83035'03.6"W, 1150 m, bosque humedo
premontano, 4 de marzo 2007, A. Karremans 1661 &
D. Karremans (JBL-Spirit).

 This species is similar in habit to M.,./il,./. *.i,
modest (Rchb.f.) Schltr.; however, it can be
distinguished by the larger habit, the yellow-greenish
to bright green flowers (vs. white with reddish-purplish
stripes in S. modest. Antillean plants have dull,
yellow-greenish to brownish-green), the spathulate lip
(vs. 3-lobed) and the prominent wings of the column.
\.,.!1I,-1. *i i anneliesae Brieger, a nomen nudum
published without a description or any indication of the
type, has been attributed to Costa Rica. Adams (1993)
studied Brieger's accompanying photographs and
suggested that it is referable to S. robusta. However
in describing S. robusta, he only cited Panamanian
material. Here, we report the presence ofS. robusta in
Costa Rican based on two collections.

13. Sobralia bouchei Ames & C.Schweinf., Schedul.
 Orchid. 10: 4. 1930. Type: Panama. March-April
 1930, 2200 feet, terrestrial and epiphytic, A.M.
 Bouche s.n. holotypee, AMES-35595, photo).

DISTRIBUTION: Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Panama.

EPONYMY: in honor ofAdrien M. Bouche, who collected
the type specimen.

HABITAT IN COSTA RICA: epiphytic or terrestrial in