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from Mount Banahao, Laguna Province, as an epiphyte, at 
medium altitudes. 
A species manifestly belonging in the group with Bulbophyl- 
lum crassifoliwm (Blume) J. J. Sm. and strongly characterized 
by its fleshy rachis, subsessile flowers, smooth-margined petals 
and by the bicuspidate wings or arms of the apex of the column. 
BULBOPHYLLUM ORNATISSIMUM (Reichb. f.) J. J. Sm. Plate 16. 
Bulbophylluin ornatissim.um (Reichb. f.) J. J. Sm. in Bull. Jard. Bot. 
Buit. 8 (1912) 26. 
Cirrhopetalum ornatissimuvi Reichb. f. in Gard. Chron. 2 (1882) 
424; King and Prantl, Ann. Roy. Bot. Gard. Calcutta 8 (1898) 
95, t. 133; Warner, Orch. Album 8 (1889) t. 369; Hoox.f., FI. Brit. 
Ind. 5 (1890) 773; Sanders’ Orch. Guide (1927) 116; Schhecht., 
Die Orchideen (1927) 331. 
Creeping, the rhizome 2 to 2.5 mm in diameter. Pseudobulbs 
ellipsoid, 1.5 to 2 cm long, 2 to 3 cm distant, olive-green, bear¬ 
ing a single leathery leaf. Leaves oblong or elliptic-oblong, 
sessile, apex obtuse and slightly notched, 6 to 8 cm long, 1.3 to 
1.7 cm wide. Scape one-flowered, arising from the base of the 
pseudobulb; peduncle about 10.5 cm long, bearing 2 or 3 sheath¬ 
ing bracts. Flower about 14 cm long. Pedicel and ovary about 
13 mm long. Floral bract membranaceous, lanceolate, about 
8.5 mm long. Dorsal sepal ovate, about 2 cm long, erect, 3- 
nerved, the apex extended into a long drooping filiform append¬ 
age bearing hairs on its edges in its lower part and palese in 
its apical portion. Lateral sepals lanceolate with filiform tails, 
about 12 cm long, the tips twisted, free at the base and apex, 
otherwise coherent. Petals lanceolate, falcate, about 1.5 cm 
long, 1-nerved, with filiform palea-bearing apices like the dor¬ 
sal sepal. Lip oblong, obtuse, recurved from a very concave 
base, with three raised lines. Column broad with hooked de- 
curved apical teeth which are dentate at their bases; foot curved, 
tapering. Anther pubescent in front. Pollinia attached to a 
viscous, oblong, compressed disc. 
Luzon, Zambales Province, Mount Marayap, Bur. Sci. UU806 
Ramos and Edaho, December 12, 1924, on tree trunks in the 
mossy forests, altitude about 400 meters. The flowers pale yel¬ 
lowish green with purple-brown markings, the palese and lip 
are crimson purple. 
A unique species characterized by its greatly elongated la¬ 
teral sepals and palese on the dorsal sepal and petals. A spe¬ 
cies otherwise known only from Assam and Sikkim. 
