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tusum vel subacutum cum apice cucullato, 10 ad 11 mm long-urn, 
4.5 ad 5 mm latum, 3-nervium. Petala elliptico-lanceolata, ob- 
tusa, valde obliqua, carnosa, sepalis majora, 12 ad 13 mm longa, 
circiter 6 mm lata, 5-nervia. Labellum incrassatum, triloba- 
tum, 10.5 ad 11 mm longum; lobi laterales erecti, subquadrati, 
truncati, circiter 3 mm longi, 2 mm alti; lobus medius perlate 
cordatus, obtusus, 7 ad 7.5 mm longus, 9 ad 10 mm latus. Co- 
lumna crassa, circiter 5 mm longa. Anthera subquadrata, com- 
planata. Pollinia 2, subglobosa, circiter 1.5 mm longa. 
An epiphytic herb. Stems ascending, simple (only one case 
of branching was noted), 30 to 80 cm high, 5 to 6 mm in dia¬ 
meter. Leaves dark green, fleshy, terete, slightly tapered to 
the apex, 9 to 13.5 cm long, 4 to 5 mm in diameter, articulated 
to rigid sheaths, internodes 2 to 3 cm long. Inflorescences 
situated opposite the leaves, stout; peduncles up to 2 cm long; 
bracts rigid, cucullate, triangular, up to 4 mm long, acute at 
the apex. Flowers fleshy, odorless, rigid, 1.8 to 2 cm across; 
floral bracts brownish, acute, persistent; pedicellate ovary 12 
to 13 mm long, twisted at the base. Lateral sepals strongly navi¬ 
cular, carinate, membranaceous, obliquely lanceolate or ovate- 
lanceolate, acute or subacute, about 11 mm long, 5 mm wide, 
3-nerved. Dorsal sepal lanceolate-oblong, membranaceous, 
slightly concave, obtuse or subacute with a strongly cucullate 
apex, 10 to 11 mm long, 4.5 to 5 mm wide, 3-nerved. Petals 
elliptic-lanceolate, obtuse, fleshy at the apex, 12 to 13 mm long, 
about 6 mm wide, 5-nerved, spreading. Labellum 3-lobed, 
thickened, the middle lobe much so, 10.5 to 11 mm long; lateral 
lobes erect, subquadrate, truncate, about 3 mm long, 2 mm high; 
middle lobe very broadly cordate, obtuse, 7 to 7.5 mm long, 
9 to 10 mm wide, with vertical ridges on the upper surface, the 
very tip recurved. Column stout, about 5 mm long. Anther 
subquadrate, flattened. Pollinia 2, subglobose, about 1.5 mm 
long. 
Luzon, Benguet Subprovince, Baguio, Mansion House gar¬ 
dens, Bur. Sci. 82227 Eduardo Quisumbing, May 6, 1931. 
The plants were first found in the orchid gardens of the Gov¬ 
ernor General’s Palace in Baguio. The origin of these plants 
is not definitely known, but they were doubtless collected by 
the Igorots from the hills close to Baguio. 
Pedicel sea-foam yellow; ovary Kildare green, dorsal sepal 
and petals deep sea-foam green dotted with pale rose-purple; 
lateral sepals deep sea-foam green at the base, the rest vina- 
