Coiba Archipelago, located in the Gulf of Chiriqui, south-west of the Republic of Panama, on the Pacific coast, was declared a National Park in December 1991 and a World Heritage Site by UNESCO in July 2005.
Coiba National Park with its 2701 km2, is one of the jewels of the Eastern Tropical Pacific Marine Corridor. It connects the island ecosystems of Central America (Coco Island National Park in Costa Rica) and South America (Galapagos National Park and Marine Reserve in Ecuador; Malpelo Flora and Fauna Santuary in Colombia and Gongora National Park in Colombia).
Its forests are home to over 1000 plant species. These include the orchid family, with more than 60 species, one of the vascular plant families most diversified in the Neotropics and the widest in Panama.
Aspasia epidendroides, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Brassavola nodosa, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Campylocentrum micranthum, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Catasetum maculatum, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Chelyorchis ampliata, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Coryanthes hunteriana, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Encyclia cordigera, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Oeoceclades maculata, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Sobralia decora, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Sobralia fragans, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Trigonidium egertonianum, ORCHIDACEAE
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
Vanilla planifolia, ORCHIDACEA
Original illustration, 480x330 mm. 2014
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