Biography

Pedro Ortiz Valdivieso, Colombian Jesuit father and orchidologist (Floridablanca, Santander Department 31 January 1926 – Bogotá 18 July 2012)

DESCRIBED ORCHID TAXA

Genera

Eloyella 1979

Notyliopsis 1996

Santanderella 2011

Section

Monotrema 2011

Species

107

HONORS

Valdiviesoa Kolanowska & Szlachetko 2015 (Orchidaceae)