Paphinia vermiculifera

Paphinia vermiculifera is a species of orchid found in 2003. It is endemic to Panama. It gains its name from the Latin word vermiculus meaning worm due to two distinctive worm-shaped emergences at the base of its labellum.^[1] The original holotype was found in Coclé, El Valle de Antón. The plant flowered in cultivation on July 6, 2002. The holotype is kept at Missouri Botanical Garden.^[2]

Paphinia vermiculifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Paphinia
Species:	P. vermiculifera
Binomial name
Paphinia vermiculifera G.Gerlach & Dressler

Taxonomy

The classification of this orchid species was published by Gunter Gerlach & Robert Louis Dressler; Stanhopeinae Mesoamericanae I in Laneksteriana, 8:23-30. 2003.^[1]