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{{short description|Species of plant}} {{good article}} {{Speciesbox | image = Phragmipedium kovachii.jpg | image_caption = | genus = Phragmipedium | species = kovachii | authority = J.T.Atwood, Dalström & Ric.Fernández | status = CR | status_system = IUCN3.1 | synonyms = ''Phragmipedium peruvianum'' <small>Christenson</small> |status_ref=<ref name="iucn status 12 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=Rankou, H. |date=2016 |title=''Phragmipedium kovachii'' |volume=2016 |page=e.T43324837A43328114 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2016-1.RLTS.T43324837A43328114.en |access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref> }} '''''Phragmipedium kovachii''''' is an [[orchid]] species found to be new to science in 2001, native to the Andean [[cloud forest]]s of northern [[Peru]]. A species with terrestrial habit and growing in clumps of several individuals, it displays showy pink to purple flowers up to {{convert|20|cm|in|0|abbr=on}} wide. It is currently considered a critically endangered species by the [[International Union for Conservation of Nature|IUCN]], due to overcollection in the wild.
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