Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
1 1 842 Orchidaceae 
Vanilla wariensis Schltr. 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest 
with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2550’ (777 
m). 
colls sequence 11836-11858; adhesive climber on tree trunks; 
stems fleshy, sulcate, smooth, green; leaves succulent, glossy 
green both surfaces, venation obscure; racemes axillary, all axes 
shining green, bracts concolorous; pedicels cream; flowers 
entirely whitish to pale green, labellum ventrally laciniate. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11842 
date: March 18, 1997 
det.: N.H.S. Howcroft 
Flora of Crater Mt., Papua New Guinea 
Lae National Herbarium 
11843 Asclepiadaceae 
Sarcoiobus kaniense (Schltr.) P.l. Forster 
Chimbu (Simbu) Province; Crater Mt. Wildlife Management Area, 
E of Haia village; colls, centered on 6° 43’ S, 145° 00’ E; hill forest 
with some anthropogenic disturbance, altimeter elev. 2500’ (762 
m). 
colls sequence 11836-11858; herbaceous climber in trailside 
regrowth, lactiferous; stems and twigs terete, dull greenish-brown; 
leaves opposite, herbaceous, adaxial surface dark green, 
abaxially medium green, basal trichomes brown; petioles flattened 
above; inflorescence axillary, umbellate, all axes light green; 
perianth 5-merous, yellow. 
flowers bottled. 
coll.: W. Takeuchi 11843 
date: March 18, 1997 
det. P.l. Forster, Dec. 8, 1998 
