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Spared from extinction, the new orchid variant honors the late philanthropist Don Emilio T. Yap
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Spared from extinction, the new orchid variant honors the late philanthropist Don Emilio T. Yap
Published December 12, 2020, 11:00 AM Donna A. Apolinario, MD The discovery of a new “spectacular, stunningly beautiful” orchid species in the Philippines was announced today, bringing new excitement to the fields of horticulture, biology, and conservation. The orchid was discovered in Bukidnon by Dr. Miguel David de Leon, a retinal surgeon and field biologist from Cagayan de Oro, and was named Aerides upcmae, after Dr. de Leon’s alma mater, the University of the Philippines College of Medicine. The new species was published in the Orchideen Journal by Dr. de Leon along with co-autho...