Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 288 Orchidaceae 
Mediocalcar sp. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, Momburn ridge between Haia and Wara 
Sera; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 04’ E; natural 
growth hill forest at altimeter elev. 3150’ (960 m). 
coll, sequence 11,265-11,288; epiphytic herb; stems brown; 
leaves succulent, light green both surfaces; flowers saccate, 
pedicels and perianth shining orange-red except for white apices 
on the perianth lobes. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 1 1 ,288 
date: Sept. 28, 1996 
det.: N.H.S. Howcroft; 6/97 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11289 Gesneriaceae 
Cyrtandra sp., § Centrosiphon or Loxanthe 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province, Papua side; Crater Mt. Wildlife 
Management Area, between Wara Sera and the Wara o 
midcamp; colls, centered on coordinates 6° 43’ S, 145° 04’ E; 
natural growth hill forest at altimeter elev. 1900-2800’ (580-854 
m). 
coll, sequence 1 1 ,289-1 1 ,296; terrestrial understory shrub, very 
common; stems terete, virgate, sparingly branched, soft, pale 
brown; leaves pseudoalternate, pliant, adaxially dark dull green, 
abaxially light green; inflorescence ramifiorous, fascicled; calyx 
red; corolla bilabiate, type 4 + 1 , lobes reflexing at anthesis, red 
with white longitudinal stripes; 3 staminodes, no coralline flap. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11,289 
date: Sept. 29, 1996 
det.: WT; May 1999 
