ORCHIDACEM 



BULBOPHYLLUM COPELANDII 



Bulbophyllum Copelandii Ames, ORCHiDACEiE, fasc. 1, p. 97 



(1905). 



Affine B. Whitfordii Rolfe. Rhizoma repens, aliquantum eras- 

 sum, radicibus numerosis simplicibus vel ramosis. Pseudobulbi 

 parvi, 1-1.2 cm. longi, circa 8 cm. distantes. Folia coriacea, ri- 

 gida, elliptico-oblonga, obtusa, breviter petiolata, 11-15 cm. longa. 

 Pedunculus longus et gracilis, 3.5-5 cm. longus, florem unum 

 speciosum gerens. Sepala lateralia oblongi-falcata, obtusa, ad 

 apicem obtusum fastigata, 3 cm. longa, 1 cm. lata ad basim. 

 Sepalum dorsale anguste oblongum, 3.5 cm. longum, circa 6 mm. 

 latum. Petala linearia, sepala lateralia sequantia, ad apicem sub- 

 acutum fastigata. Labellum cum pede elongato columnae arti- 

 culatum ; lobi laterales obtusi, erecti, approximati ; lobus medius 

 linearis, obtusus, carnosus, rigidus, 1.2 cm. longus, 2 mm. latus, 

 in superficie inferiore nervus medius elevatus. Columna crassa, 

 portio erecta 5 mm. alta, basis lata transiens in pedem 15 mm. 

 longum, in quo haerent sepala lateralia ; pedis portio terminalis 

 libera, incurva, ad apicem labellum mobile gerens. Capsula ellip- 

 soidalis, 5 cm. longa. Flores fusco-purpurei, labellum quam reli- 

 quum perianthii multo fuscius. 



This species has been found at Santa Cruz in Mindanao, and on 

 the island of Palawan, Philippine Islands. 



