es: Phragmipedium

Phragmipedium kovachii ( heterotypic synonym Phragmipedium peruvianum ) is an orchid species discovered in 2001 in the Amazon jungle of NE Peru, which is considered to be the most important orchid species to be found in the Neotropics in the last 100 years.

A few days after the Selbyana publication, a description of the species as Phragmipedium peruvianum by Eric Christenson, an expert of the American Orchid Society, was published in the Orchids magazine ( June 17th, 2002 ) claiming that the suggested name was a prohibited name.

The name peruvianum has been considered not to be a good choice for some experts because a similar name has been used before ( Phragmipedium peruviana ), but was not validly published, for a species which was later named Phragmipedium richteri.

" Phragmipedium peruvianum, The Most Glorious New Phragmipedium Species in Two Decades is Described ", 2002, Orchids 71, no.