Two new species of orchids, Platystele hyalina and Pleurothallis oricola, of the subtribe Pleurothallidinae, both discovered recently in Cuba, are described as new to science. The first was found in the eastern part, in the serpentine mountains of Holguín, the latter on the dog-tooth limestone coast of Guanahacabibes, the western tip of the island.
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