NOTES ON PHILIPPINE ORCHIDS, I. 
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a tinge of red, November, 1904, A. D. E. Elmer 6839: Province of Rizal, Luzon, 
November 23, 1907, Maximo Ramos, Bur. Sci. 3060. 
Note. — The specimens collected by Elmer and Borden have stems up to 2 dm 
long and narrowly lanceolate leaves, 1.3 dm long, 1—1.9 cm wide. The flowers 
of the specimen collected by Elmer are, in a dried state, strongly tinged with purple 
and resemble large flowers of Dendrobium secundum. The racemes on all the 
specimens examined appear to have been few-flowered. 
D. Dearei Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 52 (1882) 301. 
Mindoro, January, 1908, For. Bur. 8525 Merritt. 
D. (§ Aporum) Merrill i i Ames Orchidaceae 2: 181, fig. 
In Orchis 2 : 96, Dr. Kranzlin in a review of “Orchidaceae Fasc. II,” criticises 
rather severely my description of Dendrobium Merrillii and suggests that to me 
the genus Dendrobium is a seven-sealed book. His reason for this unkind remark 
is based on the words “Folia . . . conduplicata, explanata 14 mm lata.” By these 
words he understands that D. Merrillii is a species with broad leaves and con- 
sequently inadmissible as a member of § Aporum. Unfortunately the word “ex- 
planata” is misleading, although it was intended to indicate that the leaves if 
spread out would then measure 14 mm in width. As a matter of fact the leaves 
are characteristic of § Aporum and resemble the leaves of such species as D. 
atropurpureum Miq. and D. sagittatum J. J. Smith. In his criticism Dr. Kranzlin 
has quoted from my description and has omitted the word “conduplicata” which I 
thought was a sufficient offset to the problematical condition expressed by “ex- 
planata.” The leaves of D. Merrillii are in reality equitant and in the type 
measure 7 mm across in the vertical direction of the stem. 
BULBOPHYLLUM Thou. 
B. bataanense Ames Orchidaceae 1 : 96. 
Among living plants sent from Mount Mariveles this species bloomed in May, 
1909, in my greenhouse. The flowers are yellowish, faintly tinged with purple 
and conspicuously nerved with pale-green. The sepals, especially the upper one, 
are sprinkled with fine purple dots. The labellum is similarly marked with the 
addition of a bright yellow spot at the base of the cordate apical portion. The 
original description of this species was prepared from dried material, consequently 
the color of the flowers could not be given accurately. 
Mount Mariveles, Province of Bataan, Luzon, Elmer D. Merrill, 1905. 
PHALAENOPSIS Bl. 
P. Linden ii Loher in Journ. des Orcli. 6 (1895) 103. 
Among the orchids collected by W. S. Lyon is a specimen of Phalaenopsis 
which is surely conspeeific with P. Lindenii. It agrees in every detail with the 
description published in “Le Journal des Orchidees.” P. Lindenii is described 
as resembling P. Schilleriana in its foliage and as having flowers which suggest 
those of P. rosea (P. equestris) . Mr. R. A. Rolfe has suggested that Mr. Loher’s 
species may be a natural hybrid resulting from a cross between P. Bchilleriana 
and P. rosea which would give P. Veitchiana Reichb. f. The specimen at 
hand is not at all in agreement with P. Veitchiana as figured and described 
in horticultural literature. The flowers are about 2.5 cm in diameter and 
the apical lobe of the labellum is rotund apieulate, 1 cm long by 8 mm wide. 
The lateral lobes are oblong, obtuse, somewhat dilated at the apex, about 7 mm 
long, the fleshy callus between the lateral lobes is disc-shaped when spread out. 
The lateral sepals are somewhat ovate-falcate, 13 mm long, 7 mm wide. The 
petals are spathulate, obtuse, 16 mm long, 6 mm wide. 
