Abstract
The orchid genus Grobya Lindl. currently contains three species found in southern and south-eastern Brazil: G. amherstiae Lindl. (type species), G. fascifera Rchb.f. and G. galeata Lindl. While studying living plants cultivated at the orchid collection of the Institute of Botany of São Paulo, the authors discovered two distinctive new species: Grobya guieselii sp. nov. comes from the Atlantic forest in the state of Santa Catarina (southern Brazil), while Grobya cipoensis sp. nov. comes from the highland vegetation known as ‘campos rupestres’ (rocky fields) in the state of Minas Gerais (south-eastern Brazil), where it grows as an epiphyte only on Vellozia gigantea N.L. Menezes & Mello-Silva (Velloziaceae). A synopsis of the genus and description of the two new species are presented here.
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