A previously unidentified orchid discovered by a researcher from the University of California, Riverside, eight years ago has been named, according to an article on UCR Today. The plant, Lophiaris silverarum, was named after Katia Silvera, the postdoctoral scholar at the University of California, Riverside, who was on a field trip with her father in central Panama when she caught a glimpse of the unfamiliar orchid.
To read the full story behind Silvera's discovery and to find out more about the orchid, visit the UCR Today website.
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