A new species of Lepanthes (Orchidaceae: Pleurothallidinae) from northwestern Ecuador

Resumen

A new species of Lepanthes form Ecuador, Lepanthes kayii, is described, illustrated and compared with other similar species. L. kayii is compared to the similar species L. saltatrix and is the latest discovered species from a group of species of this genus which share several unique features in flower and plant morphologies.