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Oscar Pérez-Escobar: Mapping The Orchid Tree of Life

By Richard Emblin - September 6, 2025

Colombian botanist Oscar Alejandro Pérez-Escobar, Research Group Leader at Kew Gardens, leads the Orchid Tree of Life project, tracing the evolution of 30,000 orchid species. His research, published in New Phytologist, underscores orchids as “canaries in a coalmine,” vital for biodiversity, conservation, and understanding climate change.

Rasmussen Star: New Orchid Species Discovered in Colombia’s Sierra Nevada

By The City Paper Staff - June 7, 2025

Researchers in Colombia have discovered a new orchid species, Epidendrum Rasmussenii, in the cloud forests of the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. The endangered orchid highlights the region’s extraordinary biodiversity and the urgent need for conservation amid increasing deforestation.

Bogotá’s Botanical Garden rolls out the National Orchid Exhibition

By The City Paper Staff - September 23, 2022

The Bogotá Botanical Garden is showcasing 1,500 varieties of Colombia’s national flower this weekend with the National Orchid Exhibition.

Colombian orchids: Endangered beauty

By The City Paper Staff - January 3, 2013

Logging and climate change threaten the survival of one of Colombia’s greatest natural treasures – the orchid.