Pleurothallis equipedites K. W. Holcomb 2023

Pleurothallis equipedites K. W. Holcomb (2023: 1). Holotype. Ecuador • Without collection data. K. W. Holcomb 18306 (Holotype: GEO). Additional specimen examined. Ecuador • Zamora-Chinchipe: vía Loja-Zamora, cerca de El Tambo, 1604 m, 7 September 2025, Marco M. Jiménez & M. Jiménez Villalta 2651 (HUTPL 15799!) (Figs 11, 12 B). Notes. Pleurothallis equipedites was originally described in 2023 from a cultivated plant of unknown origin by Kevin Holcomb (Holcomb 2023), together with a photograph by R. Parsons of a plant found along a roadside between Loja and Zamora. Here, we confirm the presence of this species in Zamora-Chinchipe Province, southeastern Ecuador. Flowering individuals were found, photographed, and collected at the confirmed locality. Both dark- and pale-flowered forms were observed in this species.