Vo1 - 1 ORCHIDACEAE 301 



Pholidota conchoidea Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 26 (1840) Misc. 84; Pfitz. 



& Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 7 (1907) 154, 



fig. 50 K. 

 Pholidota loricata Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 5 (1857) 43; Pfitz. & Kranzl. 



in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 7 (1907) 153. 

 Coelogyne conchoidea Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 237; Naves 



Novis. App. (1882) 237. 

 Coelogyne imbricata Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 238. 

 Coelogyne pallida Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 238. 

 Coelogyne triotos Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 238, in Hamb. 



Gartenz. 18 (1862) 34; Naves Novis. App. (1882) 237. 

 Pholidota triotos Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 238, in syn.; Pfitz. 



in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 7 (1907) 154. 



Luzon (Bontoc, Benguet, Bulacan, Bataan, Rizal), Polillo, Panay 

 (Capiz), Samar, Leyte, Palawan, Mindanao (Zamboanga, Lanao, Davao), 

 Basilan. A common and widely distributed species in the Philippines at 

 15 to 1,600 m altitude. In India, Burma, Assam, Siam, Malay Peninsula, 

 China, Sumatra, Java, Celebes, Borneo, and New Guinea. 



PHOLIDOTA VENTRICOSA (Blume) Reichb. f. in Bonpl. 5 (1857) 43; 



Rolfe in Gard. Chron. Ill 5 (1889) 585; J. J. Sm. PI. Buitenz. 6 



(Orch. Jav.) (1905) 154, Fig.- Atlas (1909) fig. 1U; Pfitz. in 



Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 7 (1907) 148, fig. 51; Ames Orch. 



2 (1908) 75, 5 (1915) 66, in Philip. Journ. Sci. 4 (1909) Bot. 665; 



J. J. Sm. in Bull. Dept. Agr. Ind. Neerl. 43 (1910) 13; Ames in 



Merr. in Journ. Roy. Asiat. Soc. Straits Branch, Special No. (1921) 



150. 

 Chelonanthera ventricosa Blume Bijdr. (1825) 383, fig. 51; Lindl. 



Gen. & Sp. Orch. (1833) 178; Miq. Fl. Ind. Bat. 3 (1859) 673. 

 Coelogyne ventricosa Reichb. f. in Walp. Ann. 6 (1861) 237. 

 Pholidota sesquitorta Kranzl. Xen. Orch. 3 (1893) 114, t. 266, fig. I. 



1-7; Pfitz. & Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 7 



(1907) 146, fig. 50 F. 



Luzon (Lepanto), Mindanao (Zamboanga), F. B. 5715 Klemme, Copeland 

 1621. At about 300 m altitude in Mindanao. In Sumatra, Java, and 

 introduced into Borneo. 



EXCLUDED OR SYNONYMOUS SPECIES 



Pholidota conchoidea Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 26 (1840) Misc. 84; Pfitz. 

 & Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 7 (1907) 154, fig. 

 50 K == Plwlidota imbricata Lindl. 



Pholidota elmeri Ames in Elm. Leafl. Philip. Bot. 5 (1912) 1557 = 

 Thecostele alata (Roxb.) Par. & Reichb. f. 



Pholidota globosa Lindl. apud Naves Novis. App. (1882) 237. 



Pholidota membranacea Teijsm. & Binn. apud Naves Novis. App. (1882) 

 237. 



Pholidota rhombophora Reichb. f. in Linnaea 41 (1877) 116, in textu; 

 Pfitz. & Kranzl. in Engl. Pflanzenreich IV. 50. II. B. 7 (1907) 153 

 = Acoridium rhomb ophorum (Reichb. f.) Ames. 



