Telipogon diabolicus

Telipogon diabolicus is a species of orchid in the genus Telipogon. Only a single population of 30 plants are known to exist, on the border between the Putumayo and Nariño departments of southern Colombia.^[2][1] Accordingly, it is classed as "critically endangered" in the International Union for Conservation of Nature's Red List.^[1]

Telipogon diabolicus
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Orchidaceae
Subfamily:	Epidendroideae
Genus:	Telipogon
Species:	T. diabolicus
Binomial name
Telipogon diabolicus Kolan., Szlach. & Medina Tr., 2016

The name diabolicus refers to the way its wine-red or maroon gynostemium looks like the head of the devil.^[1]

Adult plants are 5.5–9 cm tall.^[2]