borne in succession in abbreviated racemes. Lateral sepals 
coherent for about one half their length, broadly lanceo- 
late, narrowing asymmetrically to an acute tip, 5 mm. 
long, 1.5 mm. wide, 2-nerved, the inner nerve more prom- 
inent. Dorsal sepal broadly lanceolate, narrowing to an 
acute tip, 5 mm. long, 2 mm. wide, 3-nerved. Petals 
transversely elliptical in outline, much wider than long, 
with a pronounced apicule between the lobes, 2 mm. 
wide. Labellum 38-lobed; lateral lobes narrowly elliptic, 
less than 1 mm. long, distally incurved; middle lobe 
much shorter than the lateral lobes, narrowly triangular, 
densely glandulous, concealed by the column. Column 
dilated upwards. 
I take pleasure in naming this plant in honor of Dr. 
Blas Pablo Reko of Tacubaya, D.F., Mexico, who was 
co-collector with me on my 1988 trip to Oaxaca and who 
has been an enthusiastic collector and student of Mexican 
plants for more than a quarter of a century. 
Only two specimens of Lepanthes Rekot were found, 
one in fruit, and one in flower. It is an extremely incon- 
spicuous plant, growing imbedded in dense moss and 
lichen growth on the limbs of oak trees in excessively 
damp, cool rain-forests. The flowers are very small, pre- 
dominantly yellow, but with slightly reddish veins in 
the sepals, red petals, and dark red labellum. 
Another collection referable to this species was made 
by Juan Gonzales in Puebla, not far from the type lo- 
eality in northern Oaxaca. This collection differs from 
the type in having smaller flowers. 
The only species which seems closely allied to Le- 
panthes Rekot is L. Dawsonii Ames ex Yuncker (in Field 
Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 17 (Contrib. Fl. Honduras) 
(1988) 827 (Publ. 405) ) from Honduras, The sepals of this 
Honduranian plant agree in shape and size, but not in 
neuration, with those of L. Rekoi, and there are important 
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