Characterized by a short column with a cleft clinan- 
drium. Rostellum short. Pollinia 2, globose, attached 
directly to separate viscidia without a well-defined stipe. 
Lip with a wide opening to the long spur with which 
the main disc is movably articulate. 
Neobathiea Grandidieriana (Rchb.f.) Garay, comb. nov. 
Basionym: Aéranthus Grandidierianus Kehb.f. in Flora 68: 381, 
1885. 
Syn.: Neobathiea filicornu Schltr. in Fedde Rep. Beih. 33: 369, 
1925. 
Neofinetia Hu in Rhodora 27: 107, 1925. 
Type: Orchis falcata Thunb. 
This generic name is not validly published according 
to the rules of International Code of Botanical Nomen- 
clature for no generic description has ever been provided. 
It is unfortunate that plants referable to Orchis falcata 
Thunb. have been extensively used in horticulture es- 
pecially in hybridization. Since this generic name cannot 
be validated because the characters of Orchis falcata 
coincide with that of Holcoglossum Schlitr., the follow- 
ing corrections are offered to the known hybrid generic 
names: 
Holeoglossum “ Aerides = Holcorides 
Holcoglossum * Ascocentrum = Holcocentrum 
Holeoglossum * Ascocentrum  EKuanthe = Smithara 
Holcoglossum  Ascocentrum  Rhynchostylis = Rumrillara 
Holeoglossom “ Ascocentrum ™ Vanda = Nakamotoara 
Holeoglossum Phalaenopsis = Holconopsis 
Holeoglossum “ Renanthera = Holcanthera 
Holcoglossum * Renanthera * Rhynchostylis = Hueylihara 
Holeoglossum * Rhynchostylis = Holcostylis 
Holeoglossum >». Vanda = Vandoglossum 
Parasarcochilus Dockr., Austral. Sareanth. 22, Sept. 
19, 1967. 
Type: Sarcochilus spathulatus Rogers. 
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