Characterized by a short, but distinct foot to the 
column to which the lip is adnate more or less rectangu- 
larly so that it is completely parallel with the column. 
The sessile lip is jointed with the column-foot, its sides 
enveloping or parallel with the column which is about 
half as long. At the base of the spurless lip there is a 
small and narrow slit-like opening leading to avery small, 
hidden gibbosity which in B. bimaculata King & Pantl. 
is semiseptate. Pollinia 2, slightly notched on linear- 
oblong stipe. 
Biermannia bigibba (Schltr.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Thrixspermum bigibbum Schitr. in Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 45, 
Beibl. 104: 58, 1911. 
Biermannia ciliata (Ridl.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Dendrocolla ciliata Rid]. in Journ. Str. Br. Roy. As. 
Soc. 44: 192, 1905. 
Syn.: Thrixspermum blepharolobum Schltr. in Orchis 5: 53, 1911. 
Sarcochilus ciliatus (Ridl.) J.J.Sm. in Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenz. 
ser. 3, 8: 63, 1926. 
Pteroceras ciliatum (Ridl.) Holttum in Kew Bull. 14: 269, 
1960. 
Biermannia decipiens (J.J.Sm.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Sarcochilus decipiens J.J.Sm. in Bull, Jard, Bot. Buitenz. 
ser. 38, 2: 106, 1920. 
Biermannia flava (Carr) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Chamaeanthus flavus Carr. in Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 5: 
32, 1929. 
Biermannia laciniata (Carr.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Chamaeanthus laciniatus Carr. in Gard. Bull. Str. Settl. 
5: 31, 1929. 
Biermannia sarcanthoides (Ridl.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Bulbophyllum sarcanthoides Rid). in Journ. Str. Br. Roy. 
As. Soe. 50: 131, 1908. 
Syn.: Chamaeanthus sarcanthoides (Ridl.) Carr. in Gard. Bull. Str. 
Settl. 7: 40, 1982. 
Bogoria J.J.Sm. in Fl. Buitenz. 6: 566, 1905. 
Type: Bogoria Raciborsku J.J.Sm. 
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