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Few plants attract as much attention and adoration as orchids, which makes it surprising that a unique specimen—mislabeled Maxillaria croceorubens—went unnoticed in the UC Botanical Garden for nearly two decades.

First collected in the 1980s by renowned orchidologist Donald Dod, the specimen was identified as a unique species thanks to DNA testing and analysis…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
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