NEW OR NOTEWORTHY ORCHIDS 



FROM 

 DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE WORLD 



In the following pages new species from the Philippines, Bor- 

 neo, Samoa, Central America, South America, Trinidad and 

 Cuba are described. I have been unable to refer these species to 

 any that have been reported heretofore. Notes that throw light 

 on the history and distribution of orchids or that increase our 

 knowledge of the orchid family have been included. To facili- 

 tate reference, the genera have been arranged in alphabetical 

 sequence. 



Species from Bukidnon Subprovince, Mindanao, collected on 

 Mount Lipa and Mount Candoon by Ramos and Edafio indi- 

 cate that as explorations in this region are carried on intensively 

 many additions to the orchid flora of the Philippines may be 

 expected. Among the species from the mountains named are 

 several which lack close allies in those parts of the Philippines 

 that are now botanically well knovni. 



BULBOPHYLLUM Thou. 



Bulbophyllum cubicum Ames sp. nov. Radices fibratae. 

 Pseudobulbi caespitosi, 11 mm. alti, in sicco rugosi, anguste py- 

 riformes, in sicco plus minusve 4 mm. in crassitudine infra me- 

 dium, monophylli. Folium ligulatum, 3-6 cm. longum, circa 6 

 mm. latum trans medium, usque ad basim subtiliter attenuatum, 

 apice acuto, minute apiculatum, textura coriaceum, in sicco 

 nervosum. Scapi plus minusve 3 cm. longi, pergraciles, numerosi, 

 folio multo breviores, infra florem nudi, in sicco circa .25 mm. 

 in crassitudine, uniflori. Bractea pedicellum subtendens scariosa, 

 infundibuliformis, 1 mm. longa. Flos 7 mm. longus, sepalis vix 



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