Maxillaria pardalina Garay, nom. nov. 
Basionym: Maxillaria pantherina Rchb.f. in Bonpl. 3: 239, 
1855, not Hoffmsgg. 1844. 
Type: Ecuador; Andes [of Quito] JAMESON 761! (W). 
Since the specific epithet ‘‘pantherina’’ is preoccupied by a 
Brazilian species, the Andean plants require a new name. 
Although Maxillaria pantherina Rchb.f. has been reduced to 
a synonym of M. platpetala Ruiz & Pav. by Brieger and Hunt 
in 1969, their judgment is based on a single specimen in the 
Lindley Herbarium. They assumed it to be an isotype of M. 
platypetala, overlooking the fact that Lindley clearly stated in 
his Genera and Species of Orchidaceous Plants, p. 143, 1832, 
that his only specimen was donated to him by Hooker and it 
was collected by Hall in Ecuador. When Reichenbach de- 
scribed his M. pantherina, he was aware of Lindley’s interpre- 
tation of M. platypetala, for he clearly says ‘‘Maxillariam 
platypetalam nisi Ruizianam tamen Lindleyanam non novi, 
quae nonnullis nobis quadrare videtur. Cum tamen cel. auctor 
procurrentem dicat similliman platypetalae, haec longe certe 
distat.”’ 
It seems advisable to repeat Hoffmannsegg’s original de- 
scription for it is very inaccessible; some of its peculiar termin- 
ology is explained in parentheses: 
Maxillaria pantherina Hoffmsegg. — Plantae insidentes, nu- 
tricariae (pseudobulbose with fasciculate roots), nutricio sterill 
(leafbearing pseudobulb) pyramidali sulcato-costato, follis 
binis oblongis et linearibus, inflorescentia laterali, pedunculis 
(sub-) binis bracteatis, indumentis (bracts) conformibus, ob- 
longis, acuminatis, sulphureo-pomaceis, petalis sepalis ¥3 bre- 
vioribus dimidio angustioribus, labello 3-lobo albido, circa 
marginem maculis irregulariter sparsis atropurpureis. Ibid. 
(Rio de Janeiro). — Judging from the rather poor drawing by 
Hoffmansegg, M. pantherina most probably is identical with 
M. marginata (Lindl.) Fenzl. 
Osmoglossum candidum (Linden & André) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Odontoglossum candidum Linden & Andre in 
Ill. Hortic. 22: 58, 1875. 
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