TABLE 1. Comparison between Lepanthes cordillerana E. Restrepo, J. S in Lepanthes cordillerana (Orchidaceae) a new species and the landscape threats to its wild populations

<p><b>TABLE 1.</b> Comparison between <i>Lepanthes cordillerana</i> E.Restrepo, J.S.Moreno &amp; Gal. -Tar. and related species (in alphabetic order).</p><table><tbody><tr><th><b>Character</b></th><th><i>L. cordillerana</i></th><th><i>L. intonsa</i></th><th><i>L. jubata</i></th><th><i>L. protuberans</i></th><th><i>L. teres</i></th></tr></tbody><tbody><tr><th><b>Leaves</b></th><td>Erect to horizontal,</td><td>Erect, thinly</td><td>Erect to suberect,</td><td>Erect, thickly</td><td>Erect, fleshy,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>heavily coriaceous,</td><td>coriaceous, ovate,</td><td>coriaceous, ovate,</td><td>coriaceous, narrowly</td><td>narrowly ovoid,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>lanceolate-acute,</td><td>acuminate, acute.</td><td>acuminate, margins</td><td>elliptical, acute.</td><td>terete, smooth</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>apex attenuate,</td><td></td><td>smooth or minutely</td><td></td><td>margined.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>emarginate, margin</td><td></td><td>denticulate</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td>ciliate.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><b>Petals</b></th><td>Cream, suffused</td><td>Yellow, suffused</td><td>Whitish internally,</td><td>Greenish white,</td><td>Light yellow with red</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>with magenta-red,</td><td>with orange,</td><td>suffused with</td><td>with red border,</td><td>margins, transversely,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>transversely bilobed,</td><td>microscopically</td><td>red externally,</td><td>microscopically</td><td>dolabriform,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>microscopically</td><td>pubescent,</td><td>transversely oblong,</td><td>pubescent,</td><td>the upper lobe</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>pubescent, the upper</td><td>transversely oblong,</td><td>bilobed, both lobes</td><td>transversely</td><td>oblong with the</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>lobe oblong with the</td><td>the upper lobe</td><td>obtuse, the upper</td><td>bilobed, the lobes</td><td>apex rounded, the</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>apex rounded, the</td><td>oblong, apically</td><td>longer.</td><td>subtriangular, about</td><td>lower lobe smaller,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>lower lobe oblong-</td><td>rounded and the</td><td></td><td>equally long, the</td><td>narrowly triangular,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>acute, apex obtuse.</td><td>smaller, oblique,</td><td></td><td>apices rounded.</td><td>obtuse.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td></td><td>obtuse lower lobe.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th><b>Lip and</b></th><td>Cream-yellow, the</td><td>Reddish, the blades</td><td>Reddish, the blades</td><td>Rose, pubescent,</td><td>Yellow with red</td></tr><tr><th><b>appendix</b></th><td>blades marginally</td><td>oblong-obovate,</td><td>oblong, oblique, the</td><td>ciliate anteriorly,</td><td>margins, blades</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>suffused with red,</td><td>concave, the apical</td><td>margins with straight</td><td>the laminae oblong,</td><td>oblong, the</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>bilaminate, oblong,</td><td>margin long ciliated,</td><td>hairs, the connectives</td><td>with the apices and</td><td>apex ciliate, the</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>the apical margin</td><td>the connectives</td><td>rectangular,</td><td>bases rounded, the</td><td>connectives short,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>abundantly long</td><td>oblong, elongated,</td><td>erect, lifting the</td><td>connectives broadly</td><td>cuneate, the appendix</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>ciliated at the apex,</td><td>lifting the appendix</td><td>blades above the</td><td>oblong, oblique,</td><td>a subspherical,</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>the connectives short,</td><td>straplike, sigmoid</td><td>column, the body</td><td>protuberant body,</td><td>bilobed body</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>cuneate, the body</td><td>in the lateral</td><td>broad, the sinus</td><td>the apex minimally</td><td>accommodated in a</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>broad, connate to the</td><td>view, pubescent,</td><td>broadly rounded</td><td>retuse without an</td><td>cavity in the sinus.</td></tr><tr><th></th><td>base of the column,</td><td>terminating in a small</td><td>and protruding</td><td>appendix.</td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td>the appendix capitate,</td><td>gland, hinged to the</td><td>with a minute,</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td>cuneate basally,</td><td>sinus.</td><td>pedunculated,</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td>apically caved,</td><td></td><td>bilobed appendix</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><th></th><td>villose.</td><td></td><td></td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>