ORCHIDACE^ 



Palawan, Bohol, Cuming 2060. As Cuming also collected in Malacca, 

 and as P. barbatum is a native of Mount Ophir, his 2060 may have come 

 from there. 



5. Paphiopedilum ciliolare {Reichb.f.) Stein Orchideenb. 462. 

 Mindanao, Dinagat. 



Two other species of Anatopedilum have been reported from 

 the Philippines, but on evidence that is not quite satisfactory. 

 P. Lowii (Lindl.) Stein is a Bornean species which, it is believed, 

 has been discovered in the Sulu Archipelago. (Cf. Orchid Review 

 3 : 129, 193.) P. Rothschildianum (Reichb.f.) Stein is another Bor- 

 nean species which has been given an extension of range that 

 includes the Philippine Islands. 



In 1899 I obtained at the nurseries of Messrs. Hugh Low & 

 Co., England, a specimen of a supposed natural hybrid which 

 had been imported from Palawan. At least the records at hand 

 indicated that the plant had come from a collector who had 

 passed part of his time on that island. This hybrid proved to be 

 the same as P. x KimbaUianum, a natural hybrid produced by 

 a cross between P. Rothschildianum and P. Dayanum, both na- 

 tives of Borneo. P. x KimbaUianum may be a native of Palawan, 

 but, aside from the garden name Cypripedium x palawanense, 

 there is no evidence at hand to prove that it is. P. x KimbaUia- 

 num was originally imported from Borneo. 



Although for many years I have had under observation almost 

 every known species of Paphiopedilum, including many varieties 

 and several hundred hybrids, I find it very difficult to identify 

 with surety dried specimens. I have at least two species from the 

 Philippines that I have been unable to identify. These are repre- 

 sentatives of the subgenus Otopedilum. 



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