Lou Christian de Carvalho Menezes, Brazilian orchidologist (São Luiz 1943 –

DESCRIBED NEW ORCHID TAXA

Species

Catasetum taguariense 1993 with Braem

Coppensia reichertii 2008 with Castro

Cyrtopodium aureum 1991

Cyrtopodium braemii 1993

Cyrtopodium cachimboense 1996

Cyrtopodium caiapoense 1998

Cyrtopodium cipoense 1998

Cyrtopodium confusum 2008

Cyrtopodium fowliei 1995

Cyrtopodium gonzalezii 1995

Cyrtopodium holstii 1993

Cyrtopodium inaldianum 1996

Cyrtopodium minutum 2004

Cyrtopodium roraimense 1999

Cyrtopodium sarneyanum 1999

Cyrtopodium withneri 1996

Encyclia andrichii 1992

Encyclia caximboensis 1992

Encyclia chapadensis 1992

Encyclia clovesiana 2007 with Castro

Encyclia confusa 1991

Encyclia edithiana 1991

Encyclia gonzalezii 1991

Encyclia goyazensis 1991

Encyclia lutzenbergerii 1990

Encyclia pedra-azulensis 1992

Encyclia piracanjubensis 1991

Encyclia santos-dumontii 1992

Encyclia schmidtii 1991

Encyclia spiritusanctensis 1991

Encyclia viridiflava 1991

Epidendrum amarajiense 2010 with Castro

Epidendrum pernambucense 2009 with Castro

Epidendrum rondoniense 1990

Gongora vitorinoana 2008 with Chiron

Koellensteinia spiralis 1997 with Gomes Ferreira

Laelia zaslawskii 1996

Mormodes aurea 1997 with Tadaiesky

Sarcoglottis gonzalezii 1998

Others

2 subspecies, 47 varieties, 14 hybrids and 2 forms